The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-04
SHUTS
THREE LOCAL
MOVIE SHOWS
City Sewage Plant Faces
Threatened WaIkout
by Employees.
BULLETIN

JOINT statement Dy /. M. HAL
perrin, general manager of the
Indiana and Circle Theaters, and
W. A. Finney, Midwest represent
alive for LOews Theaters, Inc,
made this afternoon follows:
Due to unfair demands of the
stage hands union the Indiana
Circle and Loews Theaters will
be closed today. All three thea
tiers will reopen tomorrow at IL
a. m.
Labor difficulties in Indianapolis
this afternoon tied up operation of
three downtown theaterS and
threatened to halt work on the new
100000 city sewage disposal plant.
While operators of the Indiana,
Circle and Loew's theaters conferred
with leaders of the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage EN-
plOyes. Local No. 1870, a statement
was expected momentarily as to
whether the walkOut would be
permanent or could be settled after
further discussion.
/. NJ. Halperin, general manager
OF the Circle and Indiana theaters,
said that he expected an early set
Element.
The strike caused the Circle and
Loews to be closed while at the In
diana tickets still we're being sold.
Dispute Over Wages
The dispute is over wages to
stage hands. The existing wage
scale TO them is S4950 weekly
Working conditions nor hours of
work are involved. Officials of both
sides declined to state the new wage
demands.
Electricians and operators are in
volved. Only the three theaters are
affected so far.
Threat Of the city disposal plant
strike came during a session of the
Works Board after formal protests
were filed by the Marion County
Building Trades Council.
The theater strike affects nine
stage hands. u motion picture OPP
orators and an uneStimated num-
Der OF electrical maintenance men.
The latter two groups were forced
to halt work because of the stage
hands walkout.
Agent Makes Statement
Donald Barneycloe, business agent
for the stage hands. said that If
any of the three theaters opened
today. it will be with Scab wOrkmen.
Charles LutZ. state representative
from Marion County and a member
of the electrical workers union, told
the Works Board that labor reSentS
the use of maintenance employees
from the City Sanitary Department
on the installation of 80 new digest
ers at the garbage reduction plant.
The maintenance employees are
being used for pipe-fitting on the
project, he told the board
The digeSterS have been purchased
from the Hedges Walsh Weidner
Co. Chattanooga. Tenn, which has
Sublet erection of the digeSterS to
the Central Boiler and Sheet Iron
Works. Indianapolis.
100 Union Men Employed
However. the latter firm only is
tearing down the old digeSterS and
placing the new units on founda-
tionS. CITY maintenance men. who
are not unionized. are alleged to be
employed in the pipe-fitting and
pump insulation incidental 10 put
ting the digesters to work.
Approximately 100 union men,
Mr.. Lutz said. are employed in
various capacities at the two city
plants. particularly on the sewage
disposal plant addition. 1t may be
necessary to call these men off the
Job. he said. unless the Works
Board takes action.
c. K. Calvert. general superin-
tendent of the two plants. will meet
next Monday with the board and
labor representatives in an effort
10 Straighten out the difficulty.