The sun., 1919-08-10
TEN THEATRES
SHUT By STRIKE
Globe is Latest Affected by
Actors Move, With IA Open
in "Finish Fight"
TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE
Equity Association Threatens
to Go Into the Producing
Business.
TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE

The actors in the battle OF Broad
way made a slight gain yesterday.
capturing their objective at the Globe
Theatre and causing Charles Dilling-
ham to close "She's a Good Fellow"
temporarily. This made the days re-
suits on the eastern and western
fronts OF the great strike thorough
fare total: Fourteen theatres open, ten
surrendered to the strikers.
The managers planned a strong
come back" next week, and as a
counterattack in this theatrical war.
which has now settled down to a finish
fight with both sides expressing the
customary confidence in victory, the
producers were figuring on throwing
at least seven closed productions into
the running again this coming week
with casts recruited from non-union
talent that is now lying around loose
| in the city. Most of the productions
lost heavily at the matinees yesterday.
the public staying away - pro-
nounced manner for fear being up
| rooted when the curtain Sc and dis
closed. most of the cast ,--Ig the great
| strike scene.
| But III the evening al! but three OF
the shows did good business. and
vaudeville and large movie houses did
! their noble best, TO take care of the
overflow diverted from the ten houses
lying under the strike interdict
The evening was enlivened by a sport.
| ing event consisting of the arrest of two
of tha numerous actors who distributed
handbills urging support OF the Actors
Equity Association played new role as
pickets outside theatres anG made heavy
going on Broadway for mere bushes:
people. Both arrests occurred outside
the Winter Garden. Anthony Hughes OF
1896 Broadway having the distinction oi
being the first pinchee OF the evening.
| Arrested An Front of Theatre.
The Winter Gardeh was putting on IT.
compound OF Monte Cristo, Jr.," anC
vaudeville, with a comparatively small
audience trickling in from the large
! crowd that taxed the good nature o.
three cops on the sidewalk outside wher
| Hughes was accused by Stanley Sharp
the house manager. of trying to preven
| prospective patrons from spending theiI
good money on the show. Sharp saiG
the picket called the production "a cheaI
burlesque' put on by "scab actors,
which Hughes denied.
| However, he was arrested and takeI
to the West Forty-seventh street sta
tion by William Tlvoli. a private de
tective, who tried to take charge OF tn
station house until the police captair
uuieted him. Later Hughes reverted Il
tho night court charged with disorderl,
conduct
Sidney Jarvis was another hlstrioni'
picket who got his name on the roll o
martyrs by being thrown out of the Win
ter Garden as he tried to speak to ont
OF the actors coming out during the per
formance. He tried to bounce back int
this house from the pavement. according
TO three stage hands who did their bes
to discourage him. Sergeant Barry re
layed him to the West Forty-sevent
street station, charged with disorderl!
conduct, as q stop on en- route to tn
Night Court
II became known yesterday that tn
Actors Equity Association Is planning
10 enter the producing field. putting on
big benefit for the sake OF their wa
chest In the course OF a weekly whic
time, they assert. / is will be the oni
production In the c.tJ. outside OF fou
Continued on Second Pa0s.