Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-07 | Page 8 | Band Leader Cause of Parade Squabble

BIO LEADER CAUSE - OF PARADESQUABBLE President of Union Charges That E. V. Nichols Is Trouble Breeder. fipficli.l to The Tribune. or,E, July C C'lirirgps that E. W. X icholft, d irnct or of tho St a to I nrHis-t nrHis-t rial school l,and, waa cs pHN'J from l.h miiMi.'irnis ' union ami that he has smco placed every obstacle in the way. of tho union inuMciuiis an? niado by J. Albert Erickson, juvsidi-nt of tho Oden union, in a public let tor setting forth tint reason j'or tho attitude of tho musicians musi-cians ruanli the Aio ueor day cole-hiation. cole-hiation. Thf union musicians havo re-I'tiod re-I'tiod to participate in the celebration if tlie Ht.it o h-'hool band ia allowed to march in the puiado. At a meeting of the parade and miipie no mm it t ccs of the L'ionccr day organization organi-zation hint nijjht the oifer of Mr. Nichols to place hi.s institutional band in the parade was accepted, in spite of tho ult imn.tum tie live rod by Freil K. Williams, represent in g the Oden Federation Fed-eration band. Tli is is Mr. Krickson 'h letter explaining the attitude of the union musicians: To t ho I'u bl ie and tho Committees Commit-tees nl' the Pioneer Day Celebration Celebra-tion : The object of this communication communi-cation is to present the side of tho Odrn Musicians' Protective union in tho controversy now being made public, with reference to the Stato industrial school band and the .''committees of the Pioneer day celo-" celo-" 'I. ration to bo held on July -1. -'irt, lot it ho understood that the musicians of Ogden aro heartily in accord with tho young members uf the State Industrial school band and have on all occasions applauded ; I heir efforts and also havo expressed ex-pressed themselves as willing to help in everv win- to further their ' progress, Vo believe that some lew people are trying to mislead the public, into believing that the musi- ciana aro really persecuting tho young band, which is entirely wrong. in order that the public may know where tho grievauco lies wo would stato that the leader, E. W. Nichols, being an expelled member ' of the union with innumerable fines placed against him for infraction of the rules that ho solemnly obligated obli-gated himself to adhere to, has on all occasions tried to place his band ' where it eould do tho most harm to 1 the union musicians. Therefore the ' Ogden Musicians' Protective union : unanimously decided that any inusi-y inusi-y cal organisation wit h which bo is ' affiliated will not be recognized in. ,' anv function. : The superintendent of tho State Industrial school, E. H. Hinckley, : lias in past communications to tho local promised to see that the band would not como into competition with tho musical fraternity, but for . somo reason unknown he has been persuaded to allow the band to appear ap-pear on all occasions. The union committee tonight em- Powered the general committee of the 'ionecr day celebration to employ the Ogden Federation of Musicians. The committeo says there is no objection if the institutional band is kept out of the line of parade.