Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-18
BOYCOTT ON GRAND is OFF.
MANAGERS AND UNION EFFECT A
COMPROMISE.
Julian Meant Business and When the
Parties to the Controversy Got
Together There Was Lit
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Colonel Robert Fitzsimmons. tried no bluff
when he issued his ultimatum Tuesday
night that the boycott on the Grand had TO
be settled yesterday or the champion pug1-
list would not appear last night. lie
meant business. The conditions ahead OF
him were such that he had to mean busi-
ness. The union men knew this and came
to the front in a jiffy. The local managers
dismounted from their high horse and met
them. The result IS that the boycott on
the Grand was declared off late yesterday
afternoon. The union men have won pos
sibly a bit more than half of their orig
inal demands. They get a lift in pay, but
there were concessions on both sides.
Julian's ultimatum had the effect of
bringing the executive committee of the
Theatrical Stage Employees Union. Man.
ayers Hudson and Judah. of the Grand,
and Fitzsimmons and Julian into a con-
ference yesterday afternoon. After going
over the whole case again, both the union
and the opera house managers agreed to
make reasonable concessions, and soon aft
ed S o'clock the boycott was declared off.
Under the verbal agreement which was
made, the union stage employees will re-
ceive 20 cents a performance for their
work, IN place Of 80 cents. which was paid
also have the privilege of .persuading the
four %non-union men now under contract
for this season at the Grand to join the
and the Grand agreed to give the union
men the preference in employing extra
help and to discharge no union man with
The union agreed to accept rs cents In
place of 81 a performance. which was first
demanded. and also conceded to the man.
ayers their refusal to enter into a contract
with the union to employ none but union
men next year.
fall to ruin before 1 make any contract
to employ certain men a year in the fu-
ture." declared Mr.. Hudson, emphatically.
1T is not business. There are certain men
in your union who cannot be trusted, and
l will not have them on my stage under
any consideration. I have no objection to
employing a union man II he is a first
class man. I have men in my employ who
ance simply because the stage hands are
won't nave it."
Both Hudson and Judah agreed that there
I'VE will agree that your men go back to
/ you can to persuade the men under con-
tract with us to join your union" said Mr..
| JuUan. IL, at the emu OF the season. your
men conduct themselves properly and give
satisfaction, then it stand to reason that
we will want you next year. But if you
tell you now. frankly, will discharge
everyone of you and put on n%on-union
men"
ton as that. said White. of the union.
All We want is to unioniZe the house and
give you a chance to see what We can do.
There are enough good men in our organi-
cation to satisfy you and I know that we
can give satisfaction"
laughed and joked a few minutes.
II am a hard fighter when I am fighting
tice."
The executive committee of the union.
composed of ]. w. White. the president:
G. A. Balling. the walking delegate. and
+, Brown. met with Martin Julian in par
lor S of the Midland hotel yesterday after
nocE at 3 o'clock. Julian told the COM
m!ttee that he would be willing to pay the
entire salaries of the stage employees at the
Grand for the rest of the season if a set
sa:d that he had done all he could to
bring about a compromise and out of SYM
pathy for the union he would close his
show for the rest of the week. if Manager
Judah did not come to an agreement with
the union. He then went with the COM
mittee to the Grand opera house. where
the conference was held with Managers
Hudson and Judah.
During the heated part of the discussion
FfZsimmons strolled into Mr.. Judah's pri-
vate office where the meeting was being
held. He wore a brown double-breastcd
suit. He stood with his hands in his
pockets beside his manager while his face
bore anything but a pleasant expression.
He noticed that Julian was doing all he
could to bring about n settlement and evil
IDENTIFY did not like to bother his head with
trying to follow the arguments. so he
stayed but a few minutes and then walked
out.
May BE More Trouble Yet.
President White. Of the union, said late
last night that one of the union members
| had renorted to him that Mr.. Judah had