New-York tribune., 1903-08-15
SERVE PARKS'S FRIENDS.
Labor Men Surprised While Voting
to Ertend Strikes.

Sam Parks's followers last night, and caused
small sized cyclone at Mannerchor Hail. where the
Housesmiths and Bridgemens Union met. For
weeks the District Attorneys office has been try
ing 10 get hold of a number of Sam" ParSs's
sOciates whose testimony will be OF inestimabie
value in the trial OF the walking delegate. Finally.
despaiFing of reaching the men in other ways.
since they kept discreetly out of the city except
on the night of meeting. when they relied upon
the protection of the robust entertainment com
mittee," IT decided to send the county detec-
tives to the meeting last night.
While Sam Parks holding forth in the
hall and his followers were voting to extend the
building trade war; foamng forth their usual bel
ligerent talk. County Detective Reardon
shalling his forces In Chinese lasndry across the
street. Here the subpenas were sorted out. while
the Chinese cleansers looked in terror at the
invasion When each detective had received his
share of the documents the party sailed
the street and waited In the shadow until the
meeting was over and the housesmths began to
flock down. Suddenly there stepped out Of the
shadow seven husky men. fair match for
the entertainment committee and the serving
of the summonses began.
ALL SUBPENAS TAKEN BY SURPRISED MEN
The first man. a bridgeman named Davidson, re-
ceved his in surprise, taking it for copy of the
trade magazine. which was sold in the hall last
night Before he had even opened it half the
papers were served Then there was a sudden
howl of indignation. mingled with dismay. and the
began game of hide and seek But the alarm
came too late, and before one escaped the twenty
subp9nas were served. and Detective Reardon was
leading off his band. unharmed and undisturbed.
This surprise party is likely to prove a severe
blow to Parks Now that Barney Lynch has
been indicted for perjury in behalf of Parks the
remainder of his friends expected to think
twice before they attempt to distort the facts and
the attempt to keep out of the reach of the sub
poenas is entirely nullifed. An entirely new phase
is he chi rfa nv last vfoht'S
coup. While the detectives were busy downstairs.
Assemblyman Butler busy upstairs obtaining
signatures for Devery's nomina ton for Mayor. He
signed nearly every one who attended the meeting.
ACTION TO EXTEND STRIKE.
The meeting of the housesmiths last night was
important, also. for the action taken. For many
weeks Sam Parks has been threatening TO make
the building trade fight international conflict
Last night his obedient associates followed him in
an attempt to make it at least national affair.
BY unanimous vote it decided to appeal to
the national union to tie up the work all con-
tracts the three most important firms in the
Iron League member of the Building Trades EN-
plOyers' Association. The International AssOcia-
tion. of which Parkss union is branch yesterday
authorized this action, if Parks's statement last
night accurate. and the fight is widely
extended.
This morning. accordingly. strikes will be called
upon the buildings which these firms are at
work all over the United States Moreover, these
firms are also large manufacturers of building ma
terial and in this hpaI struggle it is believed an
effort will be made to tie o. Il drms that use or
aau,ie tle ,natsgia3s ~ these boy 6otted firms.
These firms tl2at are thus Disseminated against
are the ]. NJ cornell Eerapdnys the Cooper Vie
gand Company and the Miliiken Brothers. ys---
Still another striking action the levying OF
the second 81 assessment all members Of the
union to furnish the snews of war for the struggle
Last week it voted to collect S5oOO0 in five 81
assessments levied upon the housesmiths. Just
what this money is to be used for no one has any
apparent idea. That it is be used in the struggle
is about the only explanation that is made, and
the belief prevails that large part of this fund
will follow other similar into the pockets of
the walking delegates at least into the fees of
their counsel since two of them stand in need of
such assistance. Efforts were made to rescind the
original motion providing this fund time
but the Parks faction gave this gentle
Quietus. Parks himself was in fine fette last night.
PARKS TALKS SOME MORE
It's going to be clean little fight now" said
he, geefully; what l call a little fight and.
mind you, clean this time I'll call eight jobs in
this city and jobs in Newark, Portsmouth. Pitts
burg. St. Louis Hannibal and cities all over the
country. But it amt Sam Parks. There has been
too much of this Sam Parks. I told you all along
ii was going TO be a national fight. Yes I amt
backing down Let EN- keep up their pounding as
much they like. I'm ready to stand it all, but
amt got much time for this thing now. I'm
sort of occupied at present you understand"
But despite all this brave persifage there were
not lacking signs yesterday that the beginning Of
the breakup of the United Board of Building
Trades. the rump organization that was left after
the majority of the unions signed the arbitration
plan. is at hand. This sadly diminished remnant
met yesterday not BrevOOrt Hall, in the past,
but above a saloon across the street. its numbers
having been so depleted that it no longer needed
a larger meeting place Parks not at the
meeting and frantic calls for him over the tele-
phone failed to reach him. There was only a
han hi Of AZ he
The proceedings of this meeting according 70
William Fyffe the secretary of the board were con-
fined to plan tie up the stone work on the
Public Library. The contractors for this are the
Norcross Brothers. who recently went into a re-
ceiver's hands Fyffe said that some stonecutters
had signed the agreement of the employers and had
gone to work there. He said that result of
this all the stonehtters would quit the job and the
derrick men would refuse TO hoist the stone until
the non-union workmen were discharged This
takes effect to-day. FyHe left for Cleveland last
night 10 attend conference of carpenters there
and attempt TO patch up fight in that organza-
tion. The mournfu meeting was made even more
dismal by the announcement that another union.
the Mosaic Workers Helpers. had seeded and
would sign the arbitration plan on Monday
EMPLOYERS ARE MORE CONFIDENT.
At the Building Trades Employers Association
there was every evidence of confidence Leonard
X Prince speaking for the press committee. de
cIared that the employers had all the men they
wanted. He said that they had all the house
smiths they needed that the union of Heat and
Cold Insulators and the Iron Furring and Lathing
Union had furnished almost enough The
situation was so satisfactory he declared. that he
was going away for a weeks vacation. Two
unions are expected sign the plan of arbitration
by next Monday The Portable and Safety En-
eineers who rescnded their votes approving the
association For this reason II IS believed that the
union may take the contrary course again at it's
meeting to-day.