The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
THR|LLERS PROMISED
IN SPEECH BY PRATT
Philadelphian to Present Car
mems Side of Expulsion of
5000 Members.

! Exposures OF a startling character ers
promised by Clarence o. Pratt OF Phila
delphia. former chairman OF the interna.
| national executive board OF the street
car mems union, In an address which he
will deliver at the Salt Lake theater to-
night, in which he will present the street
| car employees side Of the controversy
which resulted in the expulsion of more
| than 1000 men from the international
union.
The mass meeting to be- held at the
| Salt Lake theater tonight is result OF
the refusal OF the convention OF the
Amalgamated Association OF Street and
Electric Railway Employees OF America
| to hear the appeal OF the 5000 Philadel-
| phia street car men for reinstatement.
All reference TO the Philadelphia contro-
versy, which came up on the appeal Of
| Pratt and the Philadelphians. was tabled
J by the convention yesterday by a vote Of
| 1876 TO 81 This resulted in Pratt'H de-
termination to hold mass meeting to-
morrow evening.
Within few minutes after II was an
nounced that Pratt would be denied a
hearing before the convention arrange
| rnents were made for today's public hear
Ing OF the case. Pratt secured the the
ater and sent Invitation to tho interna-
tional officers of the association TO CO.
cupy seats on the stage and to ell Of the
delegates to attend the meeting, Brig
ham II. Roberts Will preside at the meet
Ing and several prominent labor leaders
OF Salt Lake have promised to occupy
seats on the stage, Twenty Salt Lake
L. -
to act as usherS.
The Philadelphia union with nearly
1000 members was expelled from the In
ternational Streetcar Mems union by the
executive board because OF alleged tech
nical infracticns OF the associations
rules In elect!ng c. o. Pratt TO member
ship and to office In the union after he
had been defeated for election as all In
ternational officer. The union main
ta,ned its organization after suspension
and appealed to the present convention
for reinstatement Pratt declares that
the international steam roller was quick
ly applied TO the appeal md 1t was do
feated without any opportunity for a
hearing.
Tho action OF the convention" said
Mr.. Pratt last night. ''is arbitrary md
Inconsistent. Wo should loudly and
rightly denounce capitalists and street.
car companies If they pursued the same
attitude toward the appeals of employees.
We should insist on q fuir hearing. We
should demand that we have the oppor-
tunity to put forward side of the
case. Fundamental principles of union |
Ism would demand such q course. But
the convention has seen tit TO disregard |
what We have always contended for.
''I should have much preferred pre-
as the convention does not want to hear |
II. we want the public TO know what It |
is the international officers do not want
to hear. They have denied US a hea ring |
before an impartial jury. They VIII have |
TO face a hearing before the public There |
will be some revelations made tomorrow
night that will prove interesting"
The Pratt matter occupied the atten- |
tton of tho convention the greater part |
OF the day. The thirty-se Pratt men
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