New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-18
NOW REPUDIATES PARKS.
Board WANTS WORK.
Says Walking Delegate Ordered
Strikes Wthout authority.

Tho labor Zig sam" Parks has been piping for
the workmen of the city is about up. Yesterday
while this worthy was in court watching the EN-
paneune of the jury that is to decide on his quit
or innocence on the extortion charge. all that was
left OF the United Board OF Building Trades the
once all powerful organization, was repudla,lhg
the indicted leader. There are not more than two
good handfuls of this body left the vast majority
of them having signed the arbitration plan or the
employers; but such as they were they at last de-
cided yesterday that they would follow PARKS nc
further. After 4 long meeting, which was held IN
the absence of their president, PARKS VINO was
keeping another engagement. ALEXANDER nelson
chairman Of the strike committee, announced that
Parks had called no strikes with the cognzance or
authorization of the United Board
1--WE are willing TO go work whenever the en-
ployers will end the LOCKOUT, said MI nelson
Parks ordered no strikes at the instance OF this
hoard He ordered them on his own initiative and
at his own behest. We did not countenance it. ana
are now willing to go work under our old agree
ment, but we will not sign the aroltratloh plan
Ny union, the Stonecutters can stand out IN
definitely. I would like to see how much can Oe
done without the stonecutters.
Another SIGNIFICANT sign of the times is the failure
Of the Portable Safety and Hosting Engineers 10
their recent vote to rescind their acceptance
of the arbitration plan. Intead of doing TINS theE
have continued to work under 1t, and it is under
stood that since they have never taken the trouble
TO inform the employers association OF their re-
scinding action they mean to forget that and Keep
king.
At the Building Trades Employers Association,
the president otto NJ Edlitz, sad that no report
of any trouble in Newark had reached the asso-
citation, and he assumed that there had been none
From other sources it was also learned that
Parks's efforts tie up neighboring cities had
fa ed lamentaby. Many of the housesmths in
Newark ana other Jersey cities have steadily voted
to continue the fight in New-York, but when their
jobs assailed they instantly resisted.
Z. +. Cheney. secretary of the Iron League, yes
terday declared that he was being flooded with APP
plications for work and that he signed a hundred
yesterday. who subscribed TO the arbitration
plan individually, and set them to work. These
men were mostly riggers and housesmiths. Two
hundred applications also received yesterday,
the record number. Mr. Cheney said of the situa-
ton:
LAS far rs the Iron League is concerned, Parks
ordered strikes to-day. Even il he did, his
efforts would not affect now. We are rapidly
getting all the men want"
The whole situation among the laboring men is
closely analogous to that of q STOW bank in late
spring The certain thaw is close at hand. With
Parks obliged TO spend his time in court and with
a sentence already hanging over him for the as
sault case he is removed factor of the con-
fict. and without him the fight promises to Ian
guiSh speedily