Show I REFUSAL MEANS UNION LOCKOUT 1 Street Rai Railway ay Called I Hurried Hurriedly to Discuss the Situation 1 fr EARLY MORNING SESSION 1 There Will iii B strike tn Says Sn'S Chairman Chair mew man of Board Board- Talk fulk to car CUI Men Within a fo forays the lie trouble between be he- tween veen the cat car n ln n and nna the time Utah Light Railway Hallway com an any develop Into lockout it I In a IL ald unless tho the company com corn I iian pany 1111 deckles decides t tL treat with Its em eni- n as an aim or nl There will be o strike because the time company compan has no mm ed the thc union and time the refusal o 0 the time company to treat with ith the time men wi wl amount to a lockout o of union lion lou and anti will result in the time members of the time local union quilting work ui II 1 theIr to deal leal dealIs with the time Is acknowledged the time situ That Ion Is rapidly approaching ap ap- a is shown b by the time arrival ar- ar rival yester yesterday ay n m of if C. 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O Pratt tt chairman of th executive board of oC till the hi of Street StacH Electric Halh suy y loy of if Arm Am- erica urica and amid the tue su u calling of a general meeting t q au nil members rs of the time local union an and I III In time the employ of oC the c rh The Flue meeting w w s s held at 2 o'clock this morning In e local unions union's hall hail hallat hallat at I 11 1 West street streel Two hundred car men muon were ere present and amul considerable was uvas shown The Time meeting was tolled tailed hurriedly yesterday yesterday yes yes- es and u It t became known that thai time the car Wore to hold an nn early morning mime inciting ting to tu o discuss the time situation rumors of f strike tie How along time the streets Answer o Cal for Meeting At Al 1 o'clock tim th unIon men began to Lo arrive arrhe at the tile ball haJ and as soon oon as time Iho cars ears were st slow slow-ed ed away awa awaIn In time the barns harns and ant the m men men- had hael checked In III for COl the day d ay to lo time the meet meeting place lilace Although enthusiasm was sas shown the lie were calm and conservatism was sas as displayed Mr MiS Pratt Prat whose Is at Welsh Welsh- Hel held field 0 O. arrived ed arl In iho ho city yesterday a and Is stopping slopping at Kenyon He lie le conies comeS wih no 11 authority to order a astrike astrike I strike but hut to lo local loal members mem mem- hems bers of the tilL organization and lead loath them in their struggle for or a better betler- heter- heter ment of oC their condition of employ ment ament Time The men nuen have ha asked II the company to lo treat eat with wih them as union They have asked that hat cert certain certa n n grievances be considered cO nut that raise raise III In wages be ie granted The Time request was as made malIc of oC the company In iii the shape shae of a written agreement hue the time company refused to tu treat men as a union preferring to with wih Its Is em era- as individuals individual MI Air Pratt Prat says thin tha If time tho company will wil not hot consider tho time grievances of oCL the time men It will wi t fc hell Ue i ito to to to unel understand under stand that there there- is lii a t lockout in Salt Lake a against a i union of street streel car carmen men If I an nn i cannot be brought about the Lime men will wJ quit work vork on elm the time al alleged alleged- e grounds grund that the time company com corn palm pany IHlY has declared a lockout This dIffers differs dif dlf- fers fees from a strike in that a strike does not affect union recognition by the company The rime company compan may recognize the time union but hut refuse Jo to grant frant a n certain demand and amid time union minion ulion may many vote to strike to tu force furce its Is point point Would tuluI Put itu t Burden on 11 Company ny In n other words the time want to throw the time burden nf of If public inconvenience incon incon- upon time the street streel ear car cr company and ani ald il it I will silI wi he Il arguel argued that if IC theio thelo Isan is isan an all Interference in street car traffic it I will be tho time fault if r f time the Iw company because because be hc- cause It I declared a lockout against time the union Tho The request for higher wages is only ono one of the time many Incidental affairs In lii Inthe Inthe the local loel struggle The TIme men demand r recognition of the time union and unless aimless that lint j is forthcoming there Is likely to tobe tobo bo ho trouble 1 Mr Mi Pratt said aid that thal the meeting earl early this morning was tas not called to take lake tale action acton upon Ullon the situation but ut to tofe get fe from the time men take in ium new members and discuss plans for forthe forthe the time future He lie le bus no authority from rom time the national ol organization m a and 11 will merely be lie Il Identified with wih the time executive tive committee of or the thc local union Until until un un- til tl an adjustment or 01 01 a lockout lockout lockout lock lock- out declared el by the ie company rime Tho local union can caim voc Voc to declare tho the company's action acton a lockout only emily by a two thirds vote Mr Ir Pratt Ii PIat was h lUre re two t o years ago and amid or organized the time l Ical cai union and Ismore is ismore more or ot less with wih the time local organization His ills stay tay ta will wi depend upon developments Counsels ls tool S. nl O. O LEt Mr h Pratt address I d tile tHe men at al time the this hits llis along ulon the thc lines of if conservative and counseled coolness In all al s' s lie le said that tho tIme men wn hall had been hr ah in their heir struggle struggle gle Jle thus Limus far and li im II did not want to see e them do anything that would place Illace them m LH-m In iii II a bad Igl before the tIme pub pub- lie lic le I He le Ic was loud loudly I Applauded and on- on ran rami hl throughout the time meeting |