New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-09
BOX OFFICE WAR
MAY OPEN TO-DAY
Brady-K. & E. Wrangle
Drives Managers to Point
of Dissolving Agreement.
MEETING ADJOURNED
TO FRAME ULTIMATUM
Demand for Granger Boycott
Grounds. Ii Is Said, for
S250,000 Suit by Tyson.

The feud between William A. Brady
and Klaw & Erlanger, brought to a head
by the latters' "sell-out" OF the New
Amsterdam Theatre to the ticket agen-
cies, seems likely to result in a return
/ to the old condition of cut-rate tickets
/ in some quarters, sky-high prices in
others and general chaos everywhere.
} At meeting of the United Managers
Protective Association at the Hotel
Astor yesterday afternoon, called by
Brady to demand the expulsion Of A. l..
Erlanger from the association, many
managers showed an inclination 70 give
up all efforts TO regulate the situation.
A final decision will be reached this af
ternoon, it is expected, at supple
mentary meeting to be held at the Aston.
Neither Mr.. Erlanger nor his partner,
Marc Klaw, was present at yesterdays
meeting. The latter, however, sent
long letter TO Sam II. Harris, secretary
Of the executive committee. IN which he
explained the position taken by his firm.
This letter was in part as follows:
"In reference 70 the meeting this af
ternoon, arrangements previously made
will keep me from being there. but in
asmuch as Mr. Brady has seen fit this
time 10 try the affairs of the theatre
managers in the newspapers, instead OF
by their own committee, really see no
use for any more meetings. His let
ter addressed to Mr.. Erlanger and given
20 the press before il reached Mr.. Err
LANCER makes his motives questionable,
10 say the least; and his silly talk
about expelling anybody from an or.
ganization which never was organized
and does not exist compels me to the
conclusion that all he wanted was TO
have something printed. and the easiest
way TO get that printed was to take an
/ issue with Klaw & Erlanger.
"Mr. Brady wrote me letter ten
DAYS ago in which he told me that he
had found out that everybody was vio-
lating the agreement and that 1t had,
indeed. become a mere scrap OF paper,
and that the meeting his committee was
then calling would probably be the last:
| went to that meeting, and when
called for the evidence OF violations,
after much evasion, Mr.. Brady produced
TWO tickets OF the W lUAcI phiuNii "hANh
he said were purchased for HIM from
Louis Cohen at So apiece"
Mr. Klaw then states that it was later
discovered that the entire first row
at the Winter Garden was sold directly
TO Cohen, instead of being distributed
through the Tyson Agency, as the man
ayers agreement stipulates. After
charging that Mr.. Brady was unwilling
that any action should be taken in re-
gard TO this alleged violation, Mr. klaw
continues:
"Klaw & Erlanger, single-handed,
I have spent thousands of dollars to try
/ to regulate thes ale of tickets in the
/ interest of the public. | evolved a plan
which met with the approval OF lawyers
and the Bar Association for the elm
nation of all ticket agencies. But what
happened? When | got to Albany Mr..
Brady was lined up on the other SIDE
Of the bill, and he was backed up by
all the hotel proprietors and all the
agencies in town. Unfortunately, those
people who write letters to the news
papers and cry the loudest, as usual
gave no support.
"Mr. Granger and | have now made
up our minds TO conduct our pusiheSS
as best we can"
/ T. n
Who met to regulate the ticket situation
did not meet as members of the United
Managers Protective Association. but
merely as individuals. He also stated
that the onuly real association of mana.
gers was the Managers Association OF
Greater New York, and said that Mr.
Brady did not belong to that organiza-
ton. =,
The Tyson Company will be notified
TO live up to their agreement, said Mr.
Brady. which in the circumstances Will
mean that they will be asked to refuse
to handle Klaw & Erlanger tickets. In
the event of their refusal the other
managers will take advantage OF ten
day clause in their contracts with Ty-
son which gives the managers the
right Of termination in case Tyson does
not live up to the agreement.
Should Tyson be compelled to cease
handling the Klaw & Erlanger tickets
Mr.. Brady gave it as his opinion that
the ticket agency would have grounds
for a $250,000 suit against Klaw & Err
LANCER.