The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Frank Buchanan Elected Presi-
 dent of the Iron Workers
NEW WORKERS SATISFIED
Fight Led by Parks Was Remarkable and Showed That He Had Won derfu Amount of Personal
 Magnetism About Him.

kansas anan of Chicago won a final victory over Samuel Parks and his following this af- ternoon, when he was reelected presi- dent of the International Association of Bpidge and Structural Ironworkers, over Hugh F. Donnelly of Albany, N. r., by vote of 4S to 40.
 After the election, and while MT. Parks and his delegates from New York were hurrying from the hall to catch their train for the east the regular order of business was suspended, while the con- vention unanimously passed a resolution pledging full support to local No. g. the New York walking delegates union, and he departed amid a storm of applause.
 Parks claims a majority of the exeeu- tive board.
 The convention met in this city two weeks ago and each day has witnessed a bitter struggle for supremacy between the clements led by President Buchanan and Mr Parks. Mr Parks, from the start asserted openly that he would fight to the end for the defeat of the president. for his action in suspending local Mo- for alleged Irregularities. He displayed a wonderful amount of personal magnet ism in winning the delegates to his sup port, and throughout the gathering has dominated it upon many important ques- tions. Today, however, President Buch- anan won the upper hand when, at the morning session, he succeeded in getting the convention to adopt a motion to use the Australian system of balloting in electing all officers.
 They Feared Parks.
 It was frankly asserted by Buchanan adherents that many delegates who were favorable to Buchanan and would vote for him on a secret ballot, feared to vote for him openly because of the fight that they asserted Samuel Parks and his fol- lowers would ultimately make upon him. This assertion Mir. Parks declared was ridiculous Mr. Buchanan was elected on the first ballot and when the result was announced. he was cheered Justify
 Samuel Parks, sinking into his chair, heard the result without comment, ex- cept to say:
 q lose"
 A personal encounter had been predict ed if he should lose, put after the ap- plause for the successful candidate had ended, Parks and his followers made no move to raise a counter demonstration. Instead, Parks quietly counselled those about him to hurry the rest through" The other officers elected were: William Mccain, Kansas City, a Buchanan man, first vice president; John McNamara, Cleveland, Parks candidate, second vice president J. w. Johnston, New York City, secretary treasurer.
 The only real contest, aside from that on president, was for secretary-treasurer, f Q I T.. ton of Pittsburg. Johnston. the present in. cumbent, who is Parks man, was elect ed by vote of 4S to 3S.
 The executive board as selected, fol- lows: P. F. Burke Philadelphia; J. Coak- ley, Pittsburg; John Pollock, Newark, and J. J. Barry, St. Louis
 Many Cheers for Parks.
 After the election of the executive board the convention suspended business and adopted the following with a hurrah. many of the delegates mounting their chairs and cheering MT. Parks and the New York delegation, as they departed:
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that the full support of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers be given to local No in their struggle against the em- ployers in the city of New York, and
 
 are hereby instructed to use their best efforts to this end"
 MT. Parks left for Buffalo over the Wabash at 6 o'clock this evening Be- fore boarding the train he gave the fol- lowing statement to the Associated Press representatives,;
 Makes Statement.
 'I am very well satisfied with the ac- tion of the convention l came here to protect and defend the interests of No. 2 and to protest against the high-handed and autocratic actions of the president in suspending No. 2 and otherwise en- eouraging the enemies of said local. The convention, by their action. has ap- proved of the stand we have taken in New York and in a few instances. have even gone further, namely the stand on the agreement between the inside and the outside men, and on the apprentice ship question. We will go back and take up the fight where we left off. with the full support of the international asso- citation, and with the consciousness that we are right, and we will win the great est battle ever waged against organized monopoly and greed. In a general way, 1 am satisfied for l will control a ma jority of the executive board elected to- 1ax,