The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-07
FIGHT over PARKS'S PARADE
FEDERATED UNION CALLED on
TO OPPOSE 1T.
Resolutions Tabled In . Hurry Before
tho Faction Who oppose Parks Can
he Hesrd-Union Leader says That

Devery Followers win Re In Line. !
Though the parade Of the Board Of Build
ing Trades to-day, according to the pre-
dictions Of those who are opposed to Sam
Parks, will not be large one, more interest
is felt in 1t than in any Of the parades Of the |
building trades that have preceded 1t.
This interest arises from the fact that
the parade has come TO be looked upon
a. Qualification Of Parks, and II it provcto
be as big as those Of former years it will
be held to be an Endorsement Of him.
Last year the entire thirty-nine unions
In the old Board OF Building Trades were
represented The board was then at the
height OF its power and it was estimated
that rs 900 men were in line. This year only
eight building trades unions will be In line
marching rs bodies. According to the
committee of arrangements, seven more
unions will be in evidence, but they will be
represented either by the delegates riding
In carriages or by individual members.
The largest organization to parade will
be the Labor ers' Union Protective Society,
composed of masons' laborers, which
has ten branches and could turn out from
5000 to 10000 men. The Transfers Union,
which is not represented in the board, has
promised to parade or at least he repre-
sented, and the 500 glass workers who
are on strike have notified the board that
they will march.
The new Board of Representatives of
the Building Trades, composed OF the bolt
ing unions, includes a majority OF the
skilled workers and has an aggregate
membership of 10000. One half OF this
membership was in the parade Of last year.
While the walking delegates in the old
board will say nothing against Parks, many
Of the rank and file feel very bitter toward
him and some of Parks's friends say he is
making a mistake in assuming the leader
ship Of the parade at this time. The fact
that Devery is TO figure has driven away
many union men, The feellrg against
Devery was voiced by William kennealy,
delegate Of the Steam Filters Helpers
Union, who said
II would not advocate that any organi-
zation should march behind Bill Devery
in the parade, because it is evident that
this is an attempt to make political dem
onstration for Big Bill in order to boost
him. The organizations which have not
money enough to hire bands and buy uni
formsfor the parade will get both the bands
and the uniforms if they are willing to
parade. They will get them for nothing.
One thing, my organization won't be in
line. I don't know how many will be in
the parade, blu. Devery's henchmen will dig
enough people from the Ninth Assembly
district who are not members OF labor
unions to make showing. MI,
William II. Farley OF tho Encaustic Tile
Layers Union announced that bis organi-
zation would not parade. He believed very
few labor organizations would be in line;
-The situation here at present" he said,
SIS such as to prevent many laboring peo-
pie from taking part in the parade. There
Is nothing to cause enthusiasm this year
The route of the parade will be from the
Circle at Fifty-eghth street and Fifth
avenue, down Fifth avenue TO Washington
Square, where it will disband. The parade
will be reviewed at Twenty fifth street and
Fifth avenue by invited guests.
Resolutions condemning the leadership
of Sam Parks and Devery in the parade
were tabled at Yesterdays meeting Of the
Central Federated Union. The resolutions
introduced by Ephraim Kaufman Of the
Clothing Cutters Union read "a follows:
rgSnized labor of the city Of New
Whereas, the Labor Day parade will
be led by men whose friendship TO Organized
Resolred, That the Central FEDERATED
which presents itself to the, workpRmen
who intend to take part in this parade and
be it further
intend to march in this parade to realize
! that their action would detrnct from the
glory and the lofty ideals OF organized labor
The resolutions were seconded by Dele
gate Oberwager Of Typographical Union
but lafn Kaufman a pnAnptl NJ
| saving word for his resolutions James j
| Daly of the Dock Builders Union moved
| to lay them on the table.
| IL think we should attend to our own
business" he said. Well have plenty
TO do we don't want to have anything TO
| do with this matter.
His motion was seconded put and carried
with a rush Then George H. Warner of
! the International Association of MachinistS
| interrupted.
Il want TO speak on this question.
! don't believe the chairman had any right
| after listening to the explanations OF
delegate to table the motion without any
| discussion"
Isl, down." shouted the chairman, but
several delegates got up. Warner still
stood shouting that the chairman had
no right to shut of debate.
why didn't you speak before the motion
was nut " said the chairman
| "You didn't give him chance, said
Delegate Farley Of the Painters. II got
I'D and tried to speak. but YOU rushed the
| motion through after listening to all that
| DAILY had to say about II.
The chairman again declared that all
| discussion on the subject was closed, There
| was n storm % protest and Warner sprang
to his feet again.
| What right had you to allow delegate
| to discuss the motion before moving 10
table it," he said. land then shut of de-
bate noHl ! am glad, of course, to see
the thing tabled, but ! want TO find where
the resolution came from, The man who
introduced the resolutions is not In IN"
building trades.
Kaufman, Warner and DAILY all tried
| 10 talk at once, while the chairman kept
banging his gave Some one shouted a
reference to Kaufman parading and kauf-
man yelled back
| IMy organization would not march In
| this Labor Day parade under any clrclm'
| stances whatever" The chairman then
| directed the sergeant arms either 10
| make the three delegates sit down or n
! expel them from the hall
"If these resolutions came from any one
who knew anything about the SITUATION,
said DAILY III would be n different matter
| am a delegate from the Dock Builders
and II would come with bad grace Tor
me to go TO tHilors' meeting and tell the
tail0Ts what they oHRd TO do TINS man
represents a bunch OF tailors
Here the chairman, who belongs 70 the
Cloth Sponpers' Union, took hand and
said with some Indignation that Kaufman
represented the Clothing Cutters Union.
Meantime the reporters bad secured