The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-01
STRIKE CLOSES MUSIC HALL.
HEBREW Actors WOULDN'T WORK
WITH ONE PERFORMER SHY.

Attempt 70 Run the Irving Music HAIL win
NOn-UniOn Talent Nearly Causes .
Mot In BrOOme street-Three Of the
Union Leading Ladies'' Punched.
A strike OF the Hebrew union actors EN-
ployed in the Irving Music Hall, 2l4 Broome
street, forced Baum Bros, the managers,
TO close the place yesterday and nearly
resulted in a serious East Side riot. As II
was a good many heads were whacked,
considerable clothing torn and three OF the
leading union ladies' were arrested.
The trouble started on Saturday when
Baum Bros. refused to al on a vaude-
Vile artist" to fill the place left vacant
by the retirement of Ida Dworkin. Ida
had released the management from its con.
tract with her, but the union players re-
fused to recognize that. They said that
Baum Bros. had made an agreement to hire
thirteen actors for their vaudeville shows
and sacred concerts. and with Ida gone
there were only twelve.
There was a good union job going to
waste, and some worthy union performer
ought 10 have it whether the managers
needed another or not. So the union,
which is known as the Hebrew Varieties
Actor Union, Local No. 5, made Its demand
that the thirteenth place be hlled h
Management refused and the union per-
formers quit.
That was on Saturday afternoon. The
managers hustled around and got together
| an assorted lot Of performers for the even
ing show. There was a crowded house
and the curtain was just about to go up
when somebody in the gallery started the
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| who we're at the music hall looking for
trouble. and in a few seconds a rush was
| started toward the door.
we want our moneys back, gif US our
moneys" yelled the crowd, and the man
agement began to shell ont the change.
| Everybody quit the hall, those who we're
not in sympathy with the union leaving
because they feared trouble. A crowd
collected in front Of the hall and taunted
the performers as they left.
The mana gers had advertised q Sunday
afternoon concert at 2 O'Clock. Long
before that time the disgruntled union
actors, reinforced by performers from
other East Side music halls, had begun
TO gather in front Of the Irving. They had
lots of boycotting cards which they dis
tributed along the street. One OF these
cards was headed -~Scabs-Scabs, the
spaoe between being filled in with a skull
and crossbones. The card contained this
An appeal TO the public. We, the VARIETY
ITniona nf1liated with the United Hebrew
| Trades, beg to inform that Baum Bros, from
Irving Music Hall. 2l4-22O Broome, street.
locked out all the actors Musicians, u b1Tt n
our place TO fool the public. Don't, go TO
the scab place until Baum Bros. viii reen-
gage all the Variety Unions.
Some of the actors mounted the fire
escape in front of the building and began
to harangue the crowd. Women per-
formers, hair dishevelled and greatly ex-
cited, elbowed their way through the rapidly
increasing mob, scattering the boycott
cards and urging the crowd to do some
thing for the union. A man in the employ
OF the managers started to interfere with
one OF these women performers and she
landed on his head with her umbrella.
Other women came to the assistance OF the
first one. and for a few minutes there was
a great mauling bee, from which the theatri-
cal representative finally emerged on the
run. He was last seen lodging around a
corner.
The three performers we're arrested They
gave their names as Kan Apof, Bertha
Mather and Minnie Berlin. Each an
nounced herself as "A leading lady" The
were bailed out.
Some of the -scab" performers were
handled roughly. and the police had TO
send out some OF the reserves from the
Eldridge street station. The managers
when they saw the temper Of the crowd
decided not to open the doors for the after
noon concert. By ? o'clock most OF the
union actors had drifted away, but they
said they would return in the evening and
prevent a performance then. They kept
away from the place in the evening, how
ever, but the new performers would not
make the venture and no performance
was given.
The union actors say they have other
grievances besides the refusal to fill lda's
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