The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-06
|I1Bl SYNDICATE SPLIT.
srO. FISKE AND THE SHU-
,rpTS FORM ALLIANCE.

,,,,e Guarantees ~ Weeks on tho
.Relasco, Just Home From Lon.
- has Theater There-sass klsw 10
.,rled-New Play for Blanche bates
~. return of David Belasoo, play
.nd theatrical manager. from Lon
,he Cunard liner Caronia. which
d Yesterday, there was a great to DO
~ all came the news that the theat-
,udicate, through Klaw d Erlanger,
~ gents, had absolutely refused to
s;,S the Shuberts. Mr.. Belasco
,osd this and said that both he and
Nv Grew Nske would book their pro-
X. in the Shubert houses through
~ country. Mr.. Belasco had q talk
~. shubert ma ma cement. and also
". riske who sails to-day for Europe.
.,.o announced that District Attor-
.rome IL inquiring into the affairs OF
.stricsl.udicate, and the conferences
y .oms DAYS ago with Lawyer Sam
H,.rmvsr were confined solely t. as
ma ia At the trial OF the suits between
r.is - "a, and Belasco over the profits
lnntioneer,' Mr.. Untermyer Ia
,or Bejssoo. At the hearing Abe
ala something to Unter1nyer
~bst he would say to him in private,
mott tlmo III ! face you I think will
Hsissoo Is to meet Untermyer for .
80 this morning. They comnupi-
Nth each other by telephone yes
afternoon =.
tassmeo. regarding his trip abroad
sasco said.
,,ot 10 London for two reasons. One
3 6sy the theatrical syndicate, the
% secure an outlet over there for my
have secured q theater IN tho
Ind and 1t will be finished in less than
Wars. The people who are backing
this enterprise were desirious that
"a come to London and manage the
permanently. This ! refused to do
Id . few minor contracts VIII lie
but there wasn't = play p ut
icodon last season that would bring
York. Tho season both In London
Paris has been q very bad one. and
d the opinion that most OF the plays
housht over here will prove failures.
rles Frohman has bought up nearly
thing in sight over there. He has
Id plays, players and play
b, and the Londoners are beginning
ftore. Frohman seems to be ashamed
syndicste in London, and his friends
make the people there believe that
~ tho syndicate merely as q booking
(cy. proved to the London public
i vas an actual member Of the syn
and shared the profits.
have exposed the theatrical syndicate
ushiy In London and have shown
nsushmen tho danger which threatens
stage il they permit the syndicate
bntrol it. | showed them that the
ian theatrical trust was getting its
IN everything over there with
clutch. They hadn't realized it
;. The London newspapers devoted
At deAl Of space to interviews with
vhoh l warned tho English people
tts theatrical syndicate would de-
their stage as it has tho American
CArtsr will open tho Belasco Theater
drea, and after a short run OF that
she will continue In a repertoire OF
M SUCCESSES until November, when
No Bates will be brought out in q
bly, that have not quite completed.
ecng to Shelter Island next Monday
Hk on this play. No. / won't give
ana Of the play or the theme, for
want the trust to whipsaw me again
y did with The Japanese Nightingale
NJ Miss Bates's success in The Darling
Gods and also a. they tried to queer
bid by putting on The Second Fiddle
no interest from The Music Master.
would like 1t distinctly understood
thers Is not the slightest semblance
snsisyndicate. The Shuberts have
thsaters than attra ctions, and Mr..
and / are just the opposite. The
erts have thrown open their theaters
and We will Use them to exploit our
ctions.'
Bdasoo also. on arriving yesterday.
that be had the syndicate members
worried, and that Marc Klaw was al
% the verge Of collapse. Klaw. he
bad paced the corridors Of his London
and made for home when things
bed up.
Klaw. when seen yesterday, didn't
~ resemble Hackensohmidt, but he
look like a man that was likely to
ery soon. He said it was true that
Shubsrts had been turned down"
hat he was glad OF It.
Aers HIS been 80 much talk" said
khv, about what Belasoo, Fiske
The Shuberts would do to us that 1t Is
or the public to be given a little ex-
Jon Of the doing"
patvay is all agog, and the coming
u Is looked for with great interest.
Pc the past week the Shuberts have
ID eight more theaters, and the firm
i" prepared to guarantee a show
seven weeks time on the road.
Warfeld will make a round Of these
PtHr anti-syndicate houses with 1.-The
Z Master" this winter.