The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-08-28
REFUSES
ALL CONCESSIONS
THAT IGNORE UNION
Striking Actors Stand Firm
in Spite of More Liberal
Contracts.

gers AhSoclhtion tnfouHn deVFse ~
cohan to adopt = form Of contract be-
tween manager and actor which - fAr
more liberal than that demanded by
the Actors Equity Association
brought the theatricai strike situation
20 the verge of a crisis to-day. Al
that stands between the actors nnd
the managers is the question Of res
oognition OF the union OF actors aaa
both sides admit that this - quite a
formidable matter.
omcern Of the Actors' Equity Asso-
citation said to-day that the organi-
zation, backed by all the theatrical
unions allied with the American Fea-
Grafton OF Labor. will stand Arm for
recognition OF the union. onicera Of
the Fidelity Association, the rival ao-
tors organization, OF which Geosgo
Cohan Is President. say that individ-
ual members OF the Equity. consider
ing that every demand made upon
the managers has been granted. are
beginning 10 slip in their allegiance
to trades unionism and that tho
tTielding Of Equity members 10 the
Fidelity will soon become nood.
There was an air of ssriousness
about Equity headquarters In West
tsth Street to-day which has not been
noted heretofore. omoers OF the or.
ganiEation were kept busy explaining
to temperamental members that the
strike has not been won and will not
be won until the union Is recognised.
This little old contract looks pretty
good 70 me-" was the gist OF the COM
ment OF many actors and actresses
TO Grant Stewart. the recording sec.
retary OF the Equity.
'I1l admit" Mr.. Stewart would
reply. that II is a magnificent con-
tract on It's face. But bear IN mind
this one thing. That contract would
never have been granted were It not
for the Equity Association. And that
contract can be enforced only by the
Equity Association. II this union
blows up that contract viii blow up"
Here is a list OF the concessions
offered BY the managers:
Eight performances TO consti-
tute week. Additional per-
formanoes To be paid for on the
basis Of one-eighth % q Weal,s
salary for each such performance.
Dramatic actors 10 be paid In
full for rehearsals after four
weeks. Musical comedy aud
operate actors including choruA
TO be paid full salaries for re-
hearsais after Owe weeks. II q
play be abandoned after leus than
ten days rehearsal the manager
shall pay actors ons weeks
salary.
Managers shall furnish all COS
tunes, wigs, &C, and all gowns
in both dramatic and musical
Salaries shall be paid no later
than Saturday night
Full salaries will be paid this
season 70 actors working in Holy
Week and the week before Christ
mas. After this season full
} salaries will be paid for these
weeks whether the actors work
or not
In case Of dispute over contract
; violation the actor and the man.
ager shall each choose an arbi-
fail TO agree . third shall be
/ called In.
! The Producing Managers As
ISOLATION will bind itself TO en-
{ force all Its contracts.
? The next 70 the last clause Is tn
/ stumbling block. The Actors Bquit.
/ Association insists that In dispute
: the association or union shall repro
4. sent tho actors. This involves tn
basic union principle Of collective bar
A gaining.
The sItuatloa is complicated by tn
4 strikoa OF the stage hands and muHi
\ clans. Tnay are working under agree
ments OF contracts which have som
time 10 run. but having gone o.
! strike In support OF the actors, II
!, conceivable that they might max
\ new demands and expect the actor
y 10 support them.
Hearing OF arguments on the mo
J, tion OF tho Wir.er Garden COMPANY
y operating the Fourteenth street This
= atre, for an Injunction restraihin
v Francis Wilson, President, and oths
ohioers Of the Actors Equity AAso
citation from interfering with plays pre-
duced in that theatre, was pogtpone
to-day by Judge Julian T. Mack !
tho Federal District Court by agree
ment OF counsel.
William Mccarthy, Of the Interna
tional Alliance OF BillpoBters an
Billers OF the United States and Car
ada with 300 members, said N
members Of that union would refuI
"a post bills advertising actors WI
were not members Of the Equity A.
sociatlon hereafter or promoting u
interests Of managers who refused
sign Equity contracts.
Louis Mann, Vice President OF n
new Fidelity Association. said; "OI
offices ara hooded with the little 70
OF the stage who are tremendous
jubilant over the fairness and III
erality of the contract conditions al
nounced by Mr.. Cohan as comiI
from the managers last night"
The possibility of motion pictur
being drawn into the actors stril
was brought nearer to-day by a
nouncement that the moving pictu
workers union, including manARal
special ofncers, ushers, doorme
ticket takers and pOrters would
granted a charter by the Amerlci
Federation OF Labor at once.
Shortly after feoNlViaR thaiP ohn