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Patrick, Warren A. (ed.) / Show world
(October 30, 1909)
Actors' Union after nonunion artists, p. 24
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IHE SHOW WORLD ACTORS' UNION AFTER NONUNION ARTIST Trouble is brewing for the nonunion artists who twill play Chicago in the future if the present plans of the Actors' Union, No. 4 of Chicago ma- terialize, and as every indication points to their successful conclusion the small- er vaudeville houses will all become unionized or face a serious crisis. The slogan of the union members is "Union- ize the Ilouses!" and every effort is be- ing made to have such a condition brought about, and the master stroke has been made now that the matter will be presented in official form to the American Federation of Labor through authorized representatives from the Actors' Union. Union Acts and Union Cards. From the moving picture operator to the artist playing the house a union card must be shown, and this is the proposition that will be put before the federation of labor, as the refusal of some of the agencies to pay the union scale has forced the union artists to resort to drastic measures to bring them to time. Now that the union has de- creed that the matter be placed in its proper light before the American Fed- eration of Labor and its support enlist- ed, the artists, agents and house man- agers will anxiously await its decision. And if the federation decides to rally to the support of the union in its fight, it seems a foregone conclusion that union houses with union acts and union operators will prevail in the end. Doyle Back on Unfair List. According to the official action of the union last week, Frank Q. Doyle's name is now on the unfair list, and according Smaller Vaudeville Theaters Must Become Unionized or Face a Serious Crisis-New Organizations in Sight to its decision, there it will remain for some time to come. The union at its meeting sent a committee consisting of Charles Lawrence, chairman; William Sanguine, Patrick and Thomas Dalton and Daniel Healy to confer with Doyle, asking him if he intended to pay the union scale, in addition to using the new form of contract. Doyle replied that he would pay the increase to cer- tain acts and to others would engage them below the scale, if they were will- ing to work for the amount offered them. As a result of the visit, the com- mittee returned to the hall and made an unsatisfactory repert. As his name had never been declared unfair at a regular meeting of the union, the mem- bers then and there placed him under the ban. Sentiment Is Changing. Sentiment has changed since Wash- burne & Irving were placed on the un- fair list, as these young men, who are behind the United Booking Association, have granted every concession asked by the union, paying all acts the union scale, and have offered not the slightest objection to using the new form of con- tract. The association has come to the terms desired by the union, and since the artists started a loud clamor some weeks ago that they be removed from the blacklist, Washburne & Irving will le at libertv to play any union act in the near future, unless the unexpected happens. Many of the union artists, when approached on the subject of the U. B. A. matter by a Show World man, were unanimous in the belief that Wash- burne & Irving should be recognized by the union inasmuch as they had shown every willingness to do all that the union asked. Unionization Is Goal. With the union determined to union- ize the houses, there will be something doing in Chicago if the American Fed- eration of Labor places its stamp of approval on the idea. While the out- come is a matter of d Od can tell what the federbtatiown i it is the general belief amon the tists that they xviI get Proper teg. nition in the matter Thesionsill no longer make on war burne and Irving, but Doy i ticular, will be a target becausehePar clines to pay every man adom playing vaudeville dates for hila union scale. With the houses unith ized, the union expects that Doye in be forced to pay the increase fa last year's figures. Unions Are Porming. The latest gossip along the Rialtq this week was to the effect that t Hebrew artists in Chicago inteded apply for a union charter "a th the negro artists also had their set on a charter. With these probij unions working in harmony with t Actors' union, there are sure sign breakers ahead for the agentsa managers, who fail to recognize the There is also a well-definedamoe on foot to have the ianPlay h are capable of holdingdown therpo tions creditably in the smaller hos form a union and work inco-opsro with the operators and artists, Will Resume Open Meetings. Announcement has been made the the artists' open meetings will againi be resumed next week, being held here. after on TVednesdays, according to See. retary Ricardo's statement to a Sho World representative. Some important developments are expected to take plac next week. FOREIGN FILMM AKERS ARRIVE IN AMERICA. Manufacturers Invited by J. J. Murdock and m. p. Magerstadt Will Hold Important Conference - Inde pendent Alliance Commit- tee to Meet. It was accortained at the executive offices of the. International Producing & Projecting Company in the Schiller building, Chicago, Thursday, that upon invitation of President J. J. Murdock and Treasurer E. J. Magerstadt.' who visited Europe recently, the foreign moving picture manufacturers are in America for an important conference. President Murdock also informed a representative of The Show World that a meeting of the executive committee of the Independent National Moving Pic- tureaAlliancehas been calledtomeet in Chicago,Sati rda, October130. The New York delegationw iltleave on the Twen- tieth Century3 Limited Friday afternoon and Vice-Presitdent J. IV. Morgan, of Joplin, Mo., has wired that he will be in attendance. Matters of vital impor- tance affecting the Alliance will be dis- cussed at the meeting Saturday. President Murdock was optimistic over the prospects of the National In- dependent Moving Picture Alliance and stated that while in Europe he had closed contracts for the International Projecting & Producing Company with the film manufacturers direct, thus do- ing away with all sub-agencies. High Diving Horse Dead. MONROE, Wis., Oct. 27.-"Clown," the famous high diving horse, trained by Dr. W. F. Carver of tis city, died at Rawlins, Wyo., from natural causes while en route to Monroe. This was the only horse in the world trained to make a high dive with a rider on his back. New Paper for Rhoda Royal. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 28.-The Acker- mans-Quigley Lithograph Company of this city are getting out a special line oflithograph work for the Rhoda Royal Circus. General Representative H. S. Maddy of the Rhoda Royal show, was in the city last week to conclude ar- rangements for this special line of paper. ESis notthe best ifthere is THE sEn something better.. You may think the serviceyo are nowgetting is the best obtainablefort he Orice, butifyou willtakete thi torite us, wewill prove to your satisfaction thatwe can furnish you better service-Indepen- dent. too. First, second and third run customers, and those desiring the very best ol IndependentaHigh Grade Service. should Investigate this. CHICAGO FILM EXCHANGE 49-51 Jackson Blvd., Chicago BRANCH OFFICES: SanFrancisco.SaltLake City, DenverOmaha, Washington, Nashville, Atlanta. PICTURE HOUSES MAY SHUT DOWN SUNDAY ELCIN, ILL., Oct. 27.-Poor Sunday husiness at the local theaters iaterially lecreasing the week's receipts, is said t< Ine nccessitated a tit in thec we of persons employed in the amusement places. In Elgin, tuis cut, approxi- inately 10 per cent. affected employees of the Star, Tesple and opera house mioving picture shtows. Frank E. Thielen, owner of a large number of theaters in this section of the state, wrote a personal letter to the employees of the three Elgin theaters, explaining the reasons for the cut about tobe atde. In substance, Mr. Thielen's letter stated: " Owing to the decrease in Sunday business at the Elgin theaters, it Itas become necessary to reduce the wages of employes at these places. NEW YORK NOTES. By James Jay Stuart. Resolutions providing that a protest be made to the commissioner of police of New York over immoral theatrical performances now on the boards in Brooklyn and New York have been passed at the Long Island Baptist As- sociation. Commissioners reported for the committee on temperance in a state- ment that scored liquor law violations, obscene postal cards, immoral plays and suggestive posters. The report first took up the general question of Sab- bath observance, stating that many evils were caused by a slackc Sunday, thenprotested againstImmoral theatri- cal performances and their advertise- Metbysuggestive and corrupting play bills, ten scored the passing through the mails andthe sale on thestreet of obscene postal cards, and concluded by declaring war on prostitution and its allied evils. Boys and girls, the report said, often received their first impulses toward viciotsness from obscene postal cards. The report carried with it the protest to the commissioner and the acceptance oftte report made the pro- test effective. When the taxicab in which they were riding skidded and turned turtle in Irv- ing place before daylight last Friday, Andreas Dipped, one of tise directors of the Metropolitan opeva house, and G. Stengel-Sembrich, husband of Mrs. Sembrich, the singer, were severely In- jured. A lawyer riding with them and tte chauffeur were not hurt. The acci- dent occurred in front of the Players' This reduction will appl% as long as the present conditions prevail, and unless the Sunday business increases in volume, it may become necessary to close the theaters on Sundays." li Elgin about twenty-five theater eiplo ees are affe ncted by the wage re- duction. One stage manager, an eectri- cian, a property man and three or- chestra employees are working at the Star. besides ticket takers and sellers. At the Temple theater three orchestra employees are working, and a pianist furnishes the music at the opera house. There are ttree machine operators, and two assistants, three ticket takers and three seller, altogether, making a total of twenty-four employees. Club, and one of the first men to assist the injured was Booth Tarkington, the author. The New theater, a home for aspiring drama and classic revivals, founded by wealthy men who do not regard their enterprise as a commercial venture, is now practically completed and will open its doors on the evening of Nov. 8, with Sothern and Marlowe In "Antony and Cleopatra." "The claurs is the mothe r of the stage; the mystery and morality plays produced under the auspices of the c hur ch in the middleageswerethefore- runners of the drama of today; an actor isa policecourt means no morethan a clergyman ina divorcecourt, eWe have both these things in our civilization, I regret to say, but it Is unfair to judge a wole class, whether of actors or clergymenby one sorry specimen." ithese are the views of the Rev. Charles F. Aked, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, on two interest- ingprofessions, which he contends, are growing closer to each other every year. "Some of the kindest, the best, the most generous peopleIhaveever known arein thteatrical profession," hesaid .-'sinday. "Beerbolin Tree, Ellen Terry, Lewis Walter, I am proud to number among my personal friends. I have met few American actors, but I must say I do not wonder that representative mem- bers of tise profession showed some anger when they were Interviewed on the pharisaical remarks I was supposed to have made in a recent sermon." Goadron Is Genereus, Through tlte generosity of Pal Goudron, one of the busymeninte Chicago office of the Sullivan & Con- sidticompany, who was adeaRa Archa Mason oia Oct. IS, a benefit P*E a'ormance will he given by v,,aadil artists for Corinthian ChapterNo. Ri. A. M. at -Medinali TempleaonStu.' day evening, Oct. 1 Sadthere is sa class to the program as arranged h Mr. Goudron. The headline act will be a brn new one and will be offered by Raffl of Chicago-American fame, who will a pear in a startling novelty. Raffl will be handcuffed, placed in a Cl met and thrown into aminiatureeai on the stage, Raffles to stay und water fifteen minutes, release himse and appear none the worse for his pe ilous feat. The act has been stY '"Neptune's Prison" be Mir. Goudro: Other acts on the bill will be fn nished by Kelley & etw1ori, I X. Hill, Bros. Emmett, and theamu cail comnedy company of Wall at! Brooks in which ten people appeil There will be other features for to Masons and they will benefit by li Gourdron's courtesy. White City to Be Enlarged, At the annual stockholders' meeti of the White City Construction Co pany, Chicago, held Tuesday, the follo ing directors were elected: Joseph Bel feld, Aaron J. Jones, Morris Beifel Adolph Linick, Eugene Beifeld, Fra Behring, J. McNab. The directorselect ed the following officers: Morris Be feld, president and general manage Joseph Beifeld, vice-president; Aaron Jones secretary and treasurer White City will open Mayw14,i b greaterandgrandertitan ever,pultiw decided at the meeting to engage o. the best bands and to spend $250,0,1 on new shows and rides, to covr ta- entire r wenty-five acres. AimatiboN novelties have been arranged orand i itberofsurprises will be in ao the amusement public. Meeting of W. M. V. A.Is called. An isportant meetingiththe ese e VaudevilleManagers' Assocatiot scheduled for aext week. Martine t and severalf themostimporan imer hers of the organizationwillbei tendnice. There are insistent rumors aoulill Majestic theaterbuilding thattheret beabig shake-up intor, s io pt It is said that teretirement f"Jhi Sternad is only the forerunner Oej oral other chages thatare to be at by ManagerC. B. Bray sm Greateen Is maintained about thematter, bt t1 tie indications leaking out here itn there seems to portend some importat revolution. Ringlings Attached Agin HILLSBORO, Texas, Oct. -T Ringling Brothers circus nWeeiat tached here for $1,610, forballck for the years 1906 and90(7., TheY P $600 for th eirstate and cou y taxer M\onday, Oct. 25. W.R. McD~nald, tsls revenue collector, Is following Ul t circus, and IsattahigIfit fr beckgz alleged to be due to the state,Whc reach a large sum. 2 1 ee 6SPi '23 DELMAR & DEXTER At liberty for Stock. Anything from "Nigger Act" to "Musical Comedy." "Singing" and "Dancing" numbers a Positive Hit. Have wardrobe for chorus. Produced at "Orpheum," Davenport, Iowa, "Gary" and "Gem," Gary, Ind. "Mongrame" and "Robey Family," City, 42 weeks "Archer Burlesque Theatre." Produced Burlesque for "Gay Morning Glories"thisseason. Address 2220 State St., Chicago
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