The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-12
WHEELING DAILY REGISTER SATURDAY MORNING.
THE THEATRICAL MILLENNIUM.
The United Managers Of America Lie
Down Together Like Lambs.
From the New York Sun.


The United Mana gers Of America Lie
Down Together Like Lambs.
From the New York Sun.
To the Editor of the San.
SIR: 1 beg to enclose you herewith the
full text of the articles of organization OF
the Theatrical Managers Association,
which has been frequently referred to
recently by the press:
The undersigned managers of Amer
icsn theatres, looking with anxious con-
Germ to the future of their business, have
united together in an association having
in view the proper and substantial adj
yapcement and protection OF theatrical
interests in this country. With full
consciousness of their obligations 10 the
public they desire to make dramatic art
worthy of higher appreciation by in
creased general excellence in its repre-
sensations.
To foster the composition and pro-
duction of new plays.
To purchase for general use, the sue.
cessful works of foreign dramatic authors
and to secure their sproper presentation
in America:
To endeavor to remove or avoid des-
tructiye opposition in cities where two
or three more theatres are IN active man
agement, and to substitute trlehdly COM
petition in its place.
To have sharing terms with stars
graded according to their attrsctiveness,
and the faculties, capacity, .and
the expence of the house, and to make
the weekly income of the theatre, in all
star engagements, at least equal to the
weekly outlay.
With such an explanation of purpose
the undersigned agree to form threat
rical Managers Association.
The association shall meet annually IN
New York, on the first Monday after the
4th of July, in each and every year, to
elect officers and to transact: business re-
lsting to the purpose of its organization.
The directors shall meet once in every
sixty days, either in New York or In
some other more convenient city. as their
majority may determine. or the president
decide, to arrange terms for future at
fractions either in stars or plays as far as
it may be mutually desirable; they shall
also be empowered to purchase new plays
with or without costumes, scenery, etc,
for production upon the communication
system by the American chain OF thea
tres, for which they shall fix equitable
rates.
The Board of Directors shall consid-
er the population of the various cities;
the location and capacity Of each theatres
the travelling expences between each
place, and endeavor in all arrangements
for plays, stars, companies, or other at
fractions, to make the terms equitable,
the travelling convenient, and the expen-
ses as moderate as circumstances Will per-
NIT.
They shall, with the consent OF the
managers interested, advise. make or aid
to make star or other engagements Tor
all seasons after that ofsls76-7.
On or about the lst of January Of each
and every ycar..the members shall pay
into the hands of the treasurer the sum
of 500, to he used only in legitimate acX-
penses, promoting general interest, as
may be authorized by the Board OF Dr.
rectors.
The members of the association pledge
their honor to abide by all the decisions
of the board OF Directors Preserving the
right to appesl, to consult and advise
with them, and, in protecting their lndi-
vidual interests, to aid, assist and stand
by their brother-manage in their efforts
to secure and maintain all that is proper
and right, to cooperate mutually with
them IN Arrangements, to avoid I'M
secmly sand Obstructive opposition, to
foster especially stock performances and
to increase their excellence, so as TO real
ize IN the near future that. with theatrical
management as with other pursuits, un-
ion means strength and prosperity.
David Bldwell of New Orleans and
Mobile; r. ID. j. Miles of Cincinnati;
II. Green valid of Galveston; Dickson "
Loscy of indianapolis and Toronto: NJ.
w. Canning, Johh A. Ei!sIcr Of Pitts
burgh and Cleveland; Thos. w. Davey
of Detroit, Memphis and Nashville;
Ben De Bar Of 81. Louis; j. w. Al
baugh of Albany; Chas, /. Kurdish OF
Furbish's Fifth Avenue Combination; J.
N. GotthoId of Pitt burgh; Abbey n
Schctfel OF Buffalo; viii stephen o!
New Orleans; John 4. Ford Of Balti.
more and Washington; Col. Wm. Z.
Sim of New York and Brooklyn.
At a meeting held in New York on
Tuesday, July Is, 1876, the association
was duly organized underline name of
the Theatrical Managers Association of
America, by the election ofthe! following
named officers and directors, viz: John
+. Ford of Baltimore and Washington,
President; David Bidwell of New Or
leans and Mobile, Vicc-Presldent; Thos.
w. Davey OF Memphis and Nashville,
Secretary; John Ellsler of Pittsburg and
Cleveland, Treasurer,
You will observe that the theatrical
promised by the ASSOCIATION
will not commence until after the season
of 1877, and, consequently, there is no
truth IN the report, stated for anvertis-
ing purposes, that the managers have
combined 10 oppose the terms Oft certain
'tstar" now in the market, ibut not likely
to be in demand in 1873 Under these
articles, any manager may make any
terms he pleases with any "star' during
lS76-77. Yours faithfully.
STEPHEN FIsKE.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Aug. 5, 1876