The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-11

Bridgemen's union is wanits
 dered number of them on strss days ago. and when he tried to-G
 put them back to work they refused l obey him. and now the trouble must be
 settled at the meeting of the union to- | morrow night.
 The strike on the Butterick building.
 at Spring. Macdougal and vandam
 streets. were ordered by Parks in df-
 rect violation of the arbitration agree-
 nent with the Fuller Construction cons pany, and last night the Board of Builds ing Trades ordered Parks to send his
 men back to work. He went to th{
 building to-day and found about forty
 members of his union waiting. Well T guess will let the men ga
 back to work. Z said Parks
 He then went to the other side of the street where the men were standing and said:
 It's all right, boys; go to work. 
 moment Parks seemed dazed, and then
 meant by refusing to obey his orders. One Of the men explained that they l did not want to return to work while police guard was around the building to protect the members of a rival union who were employed on the building. Parks tried to persuade the men to res l turn to work. but they still refused to I obey him. and he went away in any 1 thing but pleasant hunor. He de- clared that he would fix 'em' at the 1 meeting Friday night for not obeying
 him.
 When it was found that Parks men
 were not at work, the Metallic Latherss union. which had men in the building. called them out, and a, number of lath- CTS. whose union $ affiliated with the
 Parks element. also went out. | As these strikes are in violation of the arbitration agreement with the Full I CT company. and against the orders of 1 the Building Trades the e'situation is de- cidedly mixed. The board will endeayor to straighten out matters ton Is ssssss2 U ssS
 tomorrow and get the men back to work. Meanwhile the rivals of Parks l union are doing the iron work under 4 guard of the police and men from a pri- vate detective agency. They are escort-
 ed to and from work each day by the
 private detectives.
 The Parks faction also has more trouble with the Fuller company. This
 afternoon President s. F. Mcconnell re-
 Fused absolutely to grant the demands
 of the Board of Building Trades that
 sub-contractors employ none but men
 acceptable to the board.
 The issue came up over a new build- I ing at AZ Broadway. The board object- 1 ed to the sub-contractor doing the
 steam fitting. Judge Mcconnell told the
 committee that waited upon him that on their own contracts the company would employ union men solely. but I that they could not interfere with sub-
 contractors without having damage
 suits on their hands. l Robert E. Neidig. president of the
 Housesmith's and Bridgemen's union, I of which Sam Parks is the wolking del- | egate. has come out with a declaration I that graft has even been worked inside l the union. The Lresident bases his
 charges on the cost of the uniforms l that were used in the Labor day paA rade. According to his figures more I than twice the retail price WAS charged
 each member Of the union for his uni- ] form. which consisted of a cheap red
 flannel shirt. white sat and white belt.
 and somebody made $10,000 by the deal.
 II would like to know who received
 +Te ry,, x, .,y, Fl o sI11f s fy
 MT. Neidg. The men had to pay s5. .25 I for each uniform. I have made some investigation of the cost and knwo a department store where the whole outfit could be purchased at $2.5O retail. and in iquantities could ge them for 1.50 each. I Who made the rake-off? ?"