Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
Street CAR MEN
TALK WITH PRATT
Demand For Recognition of Local
Union the Basis for Pres
ent Controversy.
Is A POSTPONED QUESTION.
Member OF Executive Committee OF
Campaign for Fi-al Recognition.


An interesting figure In The labor world
at large is C.. O. Pratt at one time a ear
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" ati we sal 'lei uillulis til'tl Set M
to trouble, from one END of the country
10 the other,
rr,,,te -,-, ,,.,,,, ,,,t,o A,.o,,,,, ,.,,.,,
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liiat see more deeply ih7o aitaIfS theh
most of his fellows. stnd who has an
eIoquence Of manner when he begins 70
=, sue d l,'opos'''oil' WHICH, ceIl ''S V''''
NNllon Wittl MN. ne was IN Suit Luxe
a year ago when the men employed IN
driving the Salt Lake cars ware ON the
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'e'se ul sttlAe' lHere NsS l1o s'ilhe
but ii took some "tal talkinG on the
part of Pratt to the union men TO pre-
vent If and then so,,,c IN ore arguments
oil plS psfu'lar ana iorcelua cIl4r@V'e'
70 bring about common viewpoint be-
tween the company and the men.
Az +bot ti,,,o he, ,,rio, ,,,, G .,o. rscoe-
~ 'i'''- ''i''f vac ui''O''
ni2edr ana TINS point was not insisted
upon. while The conference committee
v.htob ,,,at ron,rury nfTi.iols wont in
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WIN set 81 ueill1 'luS' eIiI' ii'S'' Nv '-Vi''
to pass every demnnd without debate
where an agreement could moi pc
reached, and not to leave the conferences
unless absolutely forced to.
Since then the matter of recognizing
the union has become living Issue
with the car men, and they have AGAIN
approached the company with "a propo-
siSipn Demanding th&t the Union receive
recognition, that the men get more pay
ana that a board OF arbitration be pro-
-
mn, >-o-r A,rr7n7 .r1>c .sttpEAcw
~
IN the former settlement, NIL Pratt
did not appear on the surface, He SAL
in his Kenyon hotel rooms, counseItng
WI, WILL. .. 49, sessions
s.,,t, ~ c,',,,-,,t- 80 y,,rfch tte com
, 49, ~ W a. ,r,,seuaIs, ro,Fs,, thon
as ,',,too -e,resn,,set i-,es his own ne
o,,,t.r ,,ior,I ~ the m c,,hv Of mn
t Lila ~ ,,'as. nenS hs eyn}ajSed IN n
w ,g''S, anu sitpS "a ye1,-e-
n. Nooerts, W VIZ ne NsAe va w ,p-n,'r1
s,.,. ,'iA., ~ 1890 were finsipv
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xus ~ NE r,,,-,,,o oe tha nrsssnt dis
,,n-1o,1 ,l,ii, W. e. ts IAN tpo eay1y r,
S 49,. 'l 49, NJ pr8te Dc foiiaS,i-e
tSe "a 90 n-tnas ~ nraceSure is evidnn7
re- rrono ne Tact that he was found at
i l.,'lr' etiI - erto-t r,ns made
, ~. 49, hi,,, sSatoa In ,.oo,n Is at
Ne tSenvor With th. Same car men
on.. I'll ,,,5 t,F,,, ana cons,,lta-
tion in f,ll nrnsress II As probable
from the nature Of the demands, that
1-eo7 aftsr he nreXio,Is martial agree
mann and they are being taken UP now
IN n,irstianre 10 the pIan agreed upon
Ibsn M, pratt has heer present al
evarz, conflict between streetcar men
and their ornployers in recent wears in
hoth America and Canada, and he
nninrs with nrIde TO the fact hat nearly
an these disputes We're settled without
strikes
AS PRATT SEES IT.
ON the general sup1ect OF carmen
wages ne says Inc lmslotln .l oI tt 5s
car service is mat starting NItn tle GU
horse car wages were hKea Oh ms Pc ,.
Sis OF tls most uLlshltleu Lapol'
Improved until u pecallle LILIES ~ Nh
complicated iliacitlaeIy allu neeusu t t,-,
grace OF men VINO SO LIS 4oSSI'tN' NJ
ana steam 'lleeloli So w. ~ AZ
pay dlo lot iicreasS irt III a.
anu 70 poost uP nj ~, @ st,IIIoS inho-
aSItes VIII tl.tI "a sS.,7sss,-ld $50.
~ tils " ati,,s ~ he
citation, NhSH - tep ~, S.,,,J W.
car men OF .ils a'lo NJ. @ 'ie.,, ,f Inc rrcs.
,eh ssE i.,l iTt nus S, ~ '' e,oda1
eul locai eI't ~, ia r,-ss nor vel
enS Hueslloil ny INsir "a w. onoToseb
Iuny mo- al,a ~ ~
Inc matter witn care
THIS GENERAL UNREST