Show SAM PARKS SUPREME 11il I i I Knocks < Brophy Out in Kansas 1 Kan-sas City Meeting 4r I I CONVENTION IS ADJOURNEB V r 4 I i l Second VicePresident Calls l I 1 r t Men to Order iIf iI f 1 + J Walking Delegates Gang Then Runs Everything to Suit Him and Destroys N i 1 De-stroys Influence of Enemies r FI t t Kansas City Mo Sept 25 Samuel I Parks walking delegate from Newt New-t York city caused a split in the annual II t convention of the International Asso N Structural IronWorkers N ciation of Bridge and r i i l Workers here today In a fight to un t I x cat Daniel Brophy a delegate from I P union No 2 oC that city but who held r a proxy from Scranton Fa The charge + E J r was made by the Parks delegates that 13ro hrs credentials had been forged t 1 r tI I t and to prevent a freeforall light that I U Ij seemed imminent President Buchanan 4 adjourned the convention without waitIng l wait-Ing to put the question + i ii N l l THE RUMP SESSION t i t t Later when President Buchanan remaining l i l re-maining away from the hall refused to I i reconvene the convention the Paries I + crowd organIzed a session placing Second iy h Sec-ond VlocPealdent Warden of New 11 I Haven In the chair and unseating < 1 I f t i Brophy President Buchanan declares tIII i 1 ta that the acts of the rump convention d I rl + 1 + are unconstitutional I and Mr Brophj says that he will ignore the acts of the i S I r Parks crowd and take his seat whenever + 11 N President Buchanan again assumes the i + chair I l t i > r OPPOSED TO PARKS ° 1 t Air Jaropny is a member 01 local i Iti I union No 2 of New York city but holds I llU 1 1 IF L II S a proxyx from Scranton Pa and aside Jf it 1 1 i from Robert Xedlg who was deposed I t i I i 1 I < < as president of that local because of I i I 1 r r I l II I his stand for President Buchanan he III J 1 is the only delegate here from local II I i I I III II Xo 2 who is opposed to Sam Parks I I < BROPHY A FIGHTER I 1 I I 1 I Brophy is a fighter and when his i 1 l II I credentials were attacked he declared I I I i with vehemence that they were legitimate I i 11 t legiti-mate He had he said been appointed II II tt I by the Scranton local a month ago and 1 I I t II he would refuse to be bulldozed into I j 1 f I I I giving up his rights i I I H DETECTIVES DETAILED f 1 it J Anticipating trouble and probably a I I 7 1 11 i il play with revolvers many delegates being s > t 11 be-ing armed Chief I of Police Hayes detailed 4 t de-tailed an addition number of detectives I j I i detec-tives In plain clothes to the scene Ever I I since the delegates arrived in the city on Monday detectives have swarmed the Ii j f hotel corridors and the entrance t to the j f rt I convention hall and one or two Ink Iq in-k I r I J I II I ipient fights have been veiled by ljd J 4 III them I lihJ I Ii FAILS TO APPEAR j It I I Ir 1 t When the usual time for convening I Zi 1 hi of the afternoon session had arrived r President Buchanan failed to put In an tl 11 t 1 ii appearance He had it developed later II 1 purposely remained In his room at the I 1 11 Coates house t I 1 II 1 BROPPIY UNSEATED J t r I 1 I Although the convention had been adjourned 1 ad-journed by President Buchanan without Iii r I W hour Second VicePresident Warden I 11 JI I was now placed In the chair by then the-n Parks crowd and called the gathering It I to order Immediately a vote was taken it < 11 I a on a motion to reconsider the vote seating I II seat-ing Delegate Biophy Brophy was unseated m I i 1 1 un-seated 5S to 10 t i CONVENTION NOT IN SESSION i I II I When notified by a reporter that the delegates had t reconvened with aji adherent I Ifna hadSam I i herent of Sam Parks In the chair 1 I lliq f I 1 I President Buchanan said So far as I I r tj t I I L am concerned the convention Is not in i t pcslori nor will It be until the delet s I i i 1 I notify me that they are ready t to meet i t i i 01 II I The convention stands adjourned without jf I I with-out hour I will not recognize tiny oft of-t jr the acts of the gathering now In session i I I 1 I II t ses-sion i I sionCONVENTION 1 1 L V CONVENTION ADJOURNED I After the delegates had voted to unseat f < un-seat Brophy the chair was requested I to notify President Buchanan of her he-r I i proceedings and to Invite him to preside I 11 I Hi pre-side I over the convention tomorrow I l VicePresident Warden then declared I J the session adjourned until 10 oclock t I I II tomorrow morning I ofr I rt BROPHT WILL RETURN 1 j Ilf 1 i Delegate Brophy left the hall as soon J tl a t as the vote to unseat had been taken II I i It The action this afternoon said he ij1 l I I is unconstitutional I still claim my I 1 seat and will reenter the convention t1 1 + when President Buchanan assumes the hy y I I k h I chair again J |