The sun., 1919-08-27

! the managers are with you. they could
express their will they would speak out
for you. One of the managers said to
Mrs. Arnold when discussing the strike,
I admire your principle"
Frank Gilmore, executive secretary
of the Equity, after reading a cablegram
Of encouragement from Justin Huntly
Mccarthy chairman Of the dramatic
committee OF the Authors Society Of
Great Britain, and a telegram from julia
Dean saying she was not a member of
the board of directors of the Fidelity,
read a letter from California saying that
movie actors had contributed $1,000 to
the strike fund. Speaking OF the
sympathetic walkout OF stage hands and
musicians, Mr.. Gilmore said:
'They have no complaint It was the
most altruistic, most unselfsh action
have ever known. In a meeting they
| cheered FIVE minutes for you" There
upon the Equity throng, to prove the
feeling was mutual, cheered the same
length Of time for the stage hands and
musicians.
Haseard Short, reporting for Earl
Booth, chairman or the entertainment
committee. said s2s,oo0 was raised by
the benefit at the Lexington Theatre last
week, with all expenses deducted. Tele-
grams have come from Geraldine Farrar,
| H. b. Warner and william Farnum, he
said, saying they would attend the
Equity ball at the Hotel Astor to-mor-
row night
He announced an ambitious benefit
programme, with a performance of last
weeks Lexington bill at Saratoga to-
night, Labor Day performances in the
Auditorium Theatre In Chicago and the
Academy OF Music In Brooklyn, and q
1 afxzr tva Th1yv ulanfa alr
| Theatre on the East Side. It also was
planned to present an ''aii star cast on
| Broadway soon, and a musical comedy
| at the Lexington in couple Of weeks
John Emerson, speaking along similar
lines said:
IF this strike isn't settled in a month
a cooperative plan will be the outcome
The whole theatrical situation OF the
country will be revolutionized and the
actors will be associated with theau-
thors. The only non-essential element
is the manager. Several managers are
fine men, but they can't speak for them
selves"
Harry C. Browne, chairman of the
finance committee, told the meeting II
now seemed possible to raise fund oi
| $1,00O,000. He said that Frank Gill
more. the only Equity executive who IL
receiving a salary, Is turning every cent
of It back into the treasury during the
strike. John Cope, Louis Fridiger, at
torney for the Brooklyn car strikers
Martin w. Littleton. chief counsel fol
the defendant actors in the injunction
proceedings, and Paul N. Turner asso
ciate counsel. who gave reassurance'
concerning the court decision, were othel
speakers.
Mr.. Turner during the day issued
statement in which he made this ex
planati about the injunctions: They
operate solely to maintain the situation
In statu quo until a trial is held upor
its merits, at which time all facts will
be examined into and the merits OF ou
defences considered. These defence
could not be adequately presented at thu
time"
Adelaide Wilson. daughter Of Francii
Wilson, explained that she enrolled will
the Fidelity body because, though sh'
had heard strike talk in her family fo
many years, she did not approve OF
on the part OF actors. feeling that con
tract is not a scrap of paper and shoult
be respected.
The Fidelity, which now claims 1,61'
members, held a meeting at the Hote
Biltmore last night to carry on Its work