Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-15
MANAGERS REFUSE
TO MEDIATE WITH
NEW YORK ACTORS.

TO MEDIATE WITH
NEW YORK ACTORS
New York. Aug. 1.-THE theatrical
managers Of New York gave q nat
refusal today to IN ocer Of mediatian
in ths actors strike made by . vol
unteex committee Of playwrights
headed by George " Hobart. George
AIDE and Irwin S. Cobb. Replying
for the managers. Arthur Hopkins
declared:
We win not compromise. We will
never recognize the Actors Equity
Association"
The strikers response to the offer
Of mediation made through Frank
Gilmore. secretary of the Equity As-
sociation. was a statement that the
association asked for recognition as
the representative Of the actors and
that all contracts be made On the
Equity plan Mr.. Gilmore added
that. if the playwrights found the
position Of the actors fair one and
could arrange for its acceptance 'y
the managers the actors would Be
ready 70 act promptly.
At a mass meeting Of the strikers
it was announced that arrangements
for the first Of a series OF benefit per
formances for the strike fund had
been completed and theatre engag-
ed for Monday evening. Among those
who volunteered their services are
Ethel and Lionel Barrymore, Lillian
Russell. Marie DRESSER and DeWolf
Hopper
TIE Managers Association announ-
ced tonight that Charles Emerson
Cook had obtained an Injunction in
Federal court restraining the Actors
Equity Association from interfering
with the presentation Of a Regular
Fellow" at the Cort Theatre The
premiere Of the play, originally
scheduled for last Wednesday. will
take place next Monday. it was stat
ed
The play Those Who Walk in
Darkness" opened at the Forty eighth
Street Theatre tonight before large
firs,-night audience, the management
having obtained an injunction yester-
day restraining the strikers from in
terfering with its production. Mr.
and Mrs Coburn announced they
would file suit for 5000, 900 agains.
! De Wolf Hopper. who had been en-
ployed TO head q road company in
The Better Ole" which was sched
| uled to open il Toronto 10 days
hence. 1t was stated that another
actor had been employed to take his
place. however
The Shuberts made public a mes
sage from al Jolson denying claims
Of the Actors Equity that he wa.
acting as a leader in the strike. H,
| asserted that he had mo tntentio,
OF striking"
Marie DRESSER. president Of tn
announced at a meeting this after
noon that she had enlisted the aid o
| several social leaders, including MR.
August Belmont and Mrs. Fellows
Morgan, in aid Of the strikers
". B. Rubin. counsel for the actors
declared this afternoon that the con
spiracy suits brought by manager
against members of the actors as
ISOLATION were idle threats" and tina
the actors would stand a bette
chance Of collecting damages from
the managers.
/ IF necessary we may invoke tn
Sunday law to prevent them from
holding Sunday performances" b.
said
| The managers association an
nounced tonight that the efforts O
the actors to close Morris Gest'
Midnight Whiri" at the Centur,
Grove and the 'Ziegfeld Midnigh
Frolic" on the New Amsterdam roo
had been frustrated.
4 Charles Shea. president Of the In
ternational Association Of Theatrica
Stage Employees. announced tonigh
that the stage hands would go OF
sympathetic strike "at the right tim
II the actors can't win without u.s."
Nearly 80 members Of the Friars
Club paraded through Broadway :,
the Conan & Harris theater tonigh
end. going upon the stage wher,
George n. cohan was about to ap
| pear as "strike-breaker" in tn,
Conan & Harris production THE
nR1yal Vasabond." presentoi him
with a petition signed by 1000 clu,
members urging him to reconsider hi,
resignation from the club.
Members Of the delegation pleaded
with Mr. Cohan for several minute.
ia act favorably on the petition but
his only answer was:
| IN never set foot in the Friars
4 Club again"
Film Actors Contribute Fund.
| Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. iI.-Mo-
ton picture actors here have beer
showing their sympathy with the
striking actors Of the Actors EQUITY
Association in eastern cities by do.
mating funds. At one studio s1ooe