Show I DENY PRATT PRA IT AN AUDIENCE HIRES HALL 1 Will TalK for the Expelled Members Sunday Night at Salt LaKe Theatre DENIED NIED PRIVILEGE BY VOTE OF TO 37 Intimated That Pratt Will Bring Charges Against Un Union on Officials Denied Dented the privilege of ot the th floor door of ot th the treet car men mens men's convention to make an appeal for tor the reinstatement of ot over o suspended members member of ot division islon 41 of ot Philadelphia aa sa well as for himself C. C O. C. O. O Pratt former chairman of the executive board of ot the Amalgamated Association o of ot Street treet and Electric Railway Hallway Employees of ot America will make his bla plea at a amass mUll mass meeting to be held at the Salt Lake theatre tomorrow nl night ht Brigham H. H Roberts will ot as aa chairman of ot the meet meet- meeting ing Admission will be free Since th the th opening of ot the thirteenth bi biennial biennial bi- bi annial convention of the organization in inthis this city last Jast Monday morning Mr Pr Pratt tt has hILS tried to secure the privilege of ot the floor noor to present his side Ie of ot tho case caso which it is III claimed involves In directly and arid indirectly nearly men Early Earty In the week Mr Pratt sent two petitions to the convention one for himself him him- self and the other for the suspended men that h ha he be heard hurd The Tho petitions were read to the convention this morning and arid after a II bitter were ware tabled by a. a vote ote of ot to 37 This however did not end the tho Incident at this mornings morning's cession seMion It came up again on the report of ot the committee to whom had been re referred re- re erred the report of ot the general board for for- forthe or the last two years The c committee recommended that the action of ot the International in international In- In officers In the suspend suspending Ins of ot Pratt and the Philadelphia division be concurred in by the convention A. A H H. Kempton and others moved that Pratt be bl given gI the privilege lIege of ot the floor to present pre pre- sent cent his Ills side eldo of ot the case caze to the members The motion wae lost A few minutes later when Mr Ir Pratt had 1811 been beell notified of or tile the action of ot the convention con he announced that he had bad the Salt Lake theatre for tor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row night and that B. B H. H Roberts had con consented to act acl as chairman Mr 11 Pratt will wilt take as his subject The Rights o of Humanity An Invitation to attend is extended all delegates to the present convention to friends of ot organized labor lahar and to the of officers of- of of the international o organization Lion The latter tatter will b be Invited In to take seats scats on on the stage and will wilt be he granted the privilege J of r. r th the floor should the they BO so de de- sIre lre The address will wili commence at S o'clock Members of the th local street car union will act as as' as ushers The trouble between the he officers of the union and the Philadelphia men mell dates back about two yean years when Pratt ami about ZOO 00 men were t cro suspended from the union While Mr Pratt declined to discuss discuss dis die cuss In advance ad what he would Mould ha e ti to Say at the he meeting tomorrow night It Is intimated that he will have some ome things j to offer that will up a n. good deal of or orI discussion It was also Intimated this I morning that Mr Pratt would tell something something something some some- thing thing- of ot alleged acts of ot misconduct on OT the part of ot some of the officers of ot the organization and would b be he prepared pr to otTer offer of ot the charges that h he I IS ex expected ex- ex to make In discussing the matter matter matter mat mat- ter this morning Mr r Pratt said ld I would much rather have hove presented d the plea for tOT the Philadelphia lx boys s on the tho floor of the convention con Being denied this right I propose to let the public know the situation I ther therefore fore invite ever everY lover er of ot organized labor and lovers of ot fair pla play to hear what I have h to Ea say ray |