New-York tribune., 1903-06-11
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oee6ins which he intended to have pupnc 10
o;,,a the labor men of the city an opportunity
IN see what their leaders were doing
From the new evidence against Parks DIS
trict Attorney Jerome gave the following e&-
ample which had been brought to his attention
Yesterday: He said that he had been informed
that Parks had collected 500 from builder
to call off strike, with the understanding that
the builder to have no more strikes FOR
year. Parks, according to the District Attorney.
kept S115 for himself, and gave so to another
labor man. To the surprise of the builder, ne
found in few weeks that he had another strike
on his hands. ordered by the man who had re-
ceived the SOS The builder called up the dele
gate and informed him that he had fixed things
with Parks" When the delegate learned that
Parks had got 500 out of the affair, he was
indignant, and applied an extremely unsavory
name to Parks The builder visited Parks's
house and received from the latter the assurance
that there had been mistake
The builder also told the District Attorney of
a little conversation he had had with Parks in
which he had remarked: THE walking delegate
job must be good thing
YES it's all right Parks is alleged to have
replied displaying big roll of bills 1nclosed In
one of $500 denomination. Mr.. Jerome declared
that this conversation took place on the day
the Board of Aldermen passed the resolution
authorizing the Pennsylvania tunnel He fur
ther declared that this only a fragment of
his store of information on the subject.
While all this thunder is Illuminating against
Parks he still holds UP his head and even went
to the meeting of the labor men at Brevoort
Hall yesterday. carefully chaperoned by
Devery's Assemblyman Richard ]. Butler The
part of the United Board of Building Trades
that has not seeded offered to make Parks its
president. Parks declined this honor on ac-
count of his many pressing engagements. With
regard to his troubles Parks said:
This stuff against me is all bosh. ! am here
in the same position l was before. ] don't think
that my arrest has made me any stronger with
the men represent but they are here just the
same. don't know what shall do, but L know
one thing and that is that 1 will stick
M. Lowenbein. of the firm of A. Lowenbeln S
Sons: A. L. Woarms, of D. S. Hess & Co, and
William Baumgarten. of William Baumgarten q
Co all of which firms were mentioned by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome as having paid S4oo
toward the fund raised by the brotherhood to
buy its way into the United Board of Building
Trades Council were asked concerning the sub
iect last night. but declined to make any state
ment whatever about it.
Isaac 4 Hopper the Tammany district leader
in the XXXIst Assembly District, visited Mr
Jerome Yesterday. While it was ConJectureo
that his visit concerned the Parks case since
Hopper is prominent contractor, neither the
District Attorney nor Hopper would discuss the
matter visitor from whom Mr.. Jerome Is
believed to have obtained much valuable in
formation is Theodore Hofstadter, one Of the
two men mentioned as refusing to meet the 500
assessment Mr. Hofstadter declined to discuss
the call further than to admit that he had made
a complete statement of all he knew concern
ing the relations between contractors and bulld-
ing trades delegates.
There were persistent rumorS yesterday that
another labor leader would be arrested W1thln
twenty-four hours and the District Attorney
admitted that he had evidence enough to secure
a warrant He also said that he would not ask
for any more warrants gainst Parks at present,
despite the evidence he had secured
One of the notable features OF the SITUATION
Yesterday was the change in the feeling OF the
Ia Dor men One of the most prominent and re-
spected labor men of the city, himself member
of the Central Federated Union, declared that
he believed the charges against Parks would be
substantiated and that there had been extor-
ton This is only one instance The Parks In
cident has struck deep into the minds or the
great mass of labor men, and expressions of in
dignation are at least as frequent as those OF
sympathy
The District Attorney will probably be sup
ported by a number of the better labor men in
his effort through John Doe proceedings to show
up the bad conditions. At q late hour yesterday
afternoon no subpoena had been issued TO the
president of the George A. Fuller Company to
appear in this case and Judge Mcconnell was
said to be out in New-Jersey. Similar inforna-
ton was received at the office of Fountain IL
Choate a firm which was mentioned by Nels
Poulson of the Hecla Iron Works, as having
appealed to him for information after having
been asked for money by Parks.
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