New-York tribune., 1903-06-13
TRIUMPH FOR PARKS.
Union COMuENDS HIN.
Carried on Shoulders Through
Cheering Cro5cd Of Fouozcers.

,Lo -,ae.;,r Of the Housesr7iths and Bridge
mems Union. which ended in Mannerchor Han
:bis morning at 1880 O'Clock. was followed Dy
= remarkable demonstration for Safnuei .
Parks the walking delegate charged Win eA-
4ort5on The whole affair was victory for the
labor delegate He commended at the
meeting by a resolution unanimously adopted
concentrated for the office Of walking delegate
"a ,l,er carried on the shoulders Of four men tn
7-;f,,,-,intf7-st. and ThirG-ave-. surrounded by
N almost frantic crowd OF admirers. shouting
cheering and singing
In eD about three thousand votes were cast at
the meeting A complete ticket for officers anu
delegates of the body was nominated
Before the Parks resolution was put te the
meeting the assembly had dwindled CONSIDER
afI, hut there we're still hundreds Of men IN
re bs7l when Asseinblyr7an Dick Butler got
tho aoor and propcsed a resolution condenning
I,ist,ict Attorney Jerome for taking m the cases
.--siret Parks The resolution put through
With q rush Butler got chance to make a
s,eAch. for the resolution. even che mention OF
II met vocfferous cheering that lasted for sev-
eral minutes
Then the doors of the meeting hall we're hung
omen and Parks was borne triumphant on the
shoulders of four big iron workers down two
fights OF stairs to the street About the group
was a ho1yling sGrging mass of men. some
some answering Hes all right" Then came
.zVhat's the matter with Devery?" and again
Hes all right Others were singing ''Oh, MI
Uexerv" 10 the tune of f3ir. Dooley, while
scores of others simply cheered and shouted.
The mob marched in Fifty-sixti1-st. TO Third
ave. and then up 10 Fifty-ninth-st.. without a
stop
At Fifty-nintr-st. Parks was carried into a
saloon On the northeast corner During the
he Sc ,aOt
seem 20 relish the vigorous nature of the demon
stration but it was impossible for him to 90
anything but let his partisans and admirers
have their way
Nominations for walking delegates or business
agents were made as follows at the meeting:
Samuel ]. Parks. John Dolan. Timothy McCar-
Thy and Charles F. Massey (Tenominated). Hen
" Colvin Harry Johnson and David Davidson.
OF these four viii be elected Oh June 20
Nominations for officers Of the union were as
follows: President. Robert L. Neidig and John
Kelly: vice-president. john Bartlett and BenJa-
min Abbott; secretary. Jesse Larimer. John Fitz-
gerald and Louis Graenler; treasurer John W.
Johnson and Robert Davidson; recording secre-
tary. William L. Barry and Frank c. Nagle:
sergeapt-at-arms. John Wynne Frank Kellar
and William Sweeney.
The meeting throughout the night was char
acterized by order. Police Captain Tighe ex-
pressed surprise at the conditions. as he had
been led TO believe that the meeting would be
GisOrderiy-
AS early as p N. the wcrhingmen began 10
sstler and at O'Clock the sidewalks on both
sides of the street in front of the hall were
blocked. Parks arrived at O'Clock. Frank
buchanan, president Of the international Asso-
ciatfor of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
accompanied 10y President Neidig, reached the
han al $50 o'clock and the meeting then began.
President Neidig presided
Captain Tighe of the East Fifty-hrst-st sta
lion. and Captain Langan. of the DetectVe 81
,,eau had stationed policemen along the entire
block in Fifty-sixth-st-. between Second and
Third aVeS.