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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1919

Page

2

Predict Long Fight in Theatre Strike Continues

Equity Association leader Hal Forde states John Craig of the Arlington backs the strike and offers use of his theatre for matinees except Wednesday and Saturday and for Sunday evenings. Rehearsals start today.

Equity Association Hal Forde John Craig the Arlington Equity Forde Carroll John Montague Woods Boston Montague Hanlon McLaughlin

CLAIM NEW YORK STRIKE NEAR END

The theater strike in New York and Boston nears a turning point with Equity Association gains, new members, and legal battles. A Boston meeting backed firm resolve to stay out for a year if needed, while managers prepare for a prolonged fight and a wave of contempt proceedings unfolds over recent strikes and salary actions.

Rival Actors Union Opens Action Today

The Actors Fidelity League a rival to Actors Equity Association and unaffiliated with the AFL begins an active campaign in the city. Founder Howard Kyle arrives in Boston to speak at Steinert Hall tonight.

Actors’ Fidelity League Actors’ Equity Association American Federation of Labor Howard Kyle Boston Steinert Hall Boylston Street

Lillian Russell Talks to Striking Equity Actors

More than 200 actors attended a mass meeting at the Lexington Theatre in New York listening to Lil lian Russell Hazel Dawn Peggy Wood and other stars. They predicted a near term victory for the Equity Association with Miss Russell declaring the Equity is going to win because it is right. She said managers organized into a union to steal candy from children of the stage.

Cope Equity Ethel Barrymore Florence Reed Marjorie Rambeau William Farnum Donald Brian Raymond Hitchcock Fidelity Ford John J. Barry Stage Mechanics’ and Motion Picture Operators’ Union Harry Jennings Boston Central Labor Union Boston New York Lexington Theatre Lillian Russell Hazel Dawn Peggy Wood Equity Association Miss Russell

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