Show I s I MANAGERS SUE STRIKING ACTORS t Noted Stars Named m in Action Action Ac Ac- tion lion Brought Along g Lines of Hatters Boycott Or Sty J S k Not Now York Au Aug 11 or tor damages dam- dam ages ageo aggregating half halt a a million do dol dol- l- l lara jt u were er cr e d oda ag a R l st th the thel e l members sill and officials of or tho the Actors Actors' Equity association in The suits brought b by Shubert through the Inter Winter Garden company compan charge charro the tho actors actors' with conspiracy and follow the tho th precedent of oC the th Danbur Danbury Hitters hatters case ue in which members of ot a n labor union were sued successfully for or OOOO many of at the workmen losing their homes In the list of those against whom hom the suits sult were wre brou brought ht were many m many n prominent mo ln moving picture stars who have o had nothing to do with the strike Th The mann managers ers explained that the In individuals In- In dl of an or organization are re responsible re re- for tor th the acts nets of ot Its officers though tho the members them themselves may have havo had nothing to do with viii tho the cat case calSo casen o In n n n I Many fonT Stars N Named The Thc managers ers said that bank accounts accounts ac ac- counts of ot tho the prominent actors who are striking B would be attached If Ir a bond was not put up b by the tho Actors' Actors Equity association Among those against whom suits arc being brought ht are art Barney Bernard I Eddie Foy oO Cyril Scott Douglas Fairbanks Fair Fair- b banks Laurette Taylor Talor J. J Forbes Robertson Cyril Maude William and Dustin DUNlIn Farnum Blanche Ring fling Wilton ilton Lackaye Robert Mantell lantell DC Do Wolf Hopper Mitt Alia Un a Fred Stone J. J Hartley Manners Otis Skinner Leo Richard Bennett Pickets ts marched up and down dot the I sidewalks toda today in front of ot theaters carrying bann banners rs anti and placards such as I WC we are mcm members ers of nf t the c Actors Actors' Equity association Wo We are are not after more mor pa pay but fair pIa play Watch your step If It you ou bu buy theater tickets tonight ton I h l. l The ct actors r have o sold millions o of or f dollars of Libert Liberty bonds Will you rou help them Z Wall Street In The war was carried into Wall all all street this afternoon when prominent actors In twelve tt y s gayl decorated automobiles tour toured d the district Each fach of or the thc machines machines ma mn- chines carried banners hearing bearing legends asking for tor support of ot the strike a against the managers The money mOnty the majority of tit the mana managers put Into their plays plas comes from Wall all street said Ann Pennington Penning Penning- ton ton star of or S Scandals of ot 1319 1919 ex explaining ox- ox the invasion In and tid w are going going go go- ing to let the bulls and bears know just where we w e stand The latest from Crom the headquarters of ot the tho Equity association announces that John Lionel and nd Ethel Barrymore Ray na- Raymond mond Hitchcock Al AI Jolson Sophie Tucker I Ernest rnest and anel Jessie Glendenning and Marie Marli- Dressler Dressier have all aligned ned themselves themselves them them- selves with the strikers UI Rich b Men fn to Help That Vincent Astor nn and Mortimer have hn Indicated their willingness to furnish financial backing for the actor actors In their struggle Jle with the managers managers man man- agers was wat as stated today h by Ed Fod Wynn and Barney at 11 headquarters I of at tho the Equity association and the audience aud auel- lence ch cheered ered the names of at tho the two financiers rs Wynn nn and Bernard rd added that a conference con con- ference with Astor and anel was WI tobe to tobo tobo bo be held tomorrow and predicted that thu the outcome would spell defeat deCent for tor tho the managers ml The managers managers' association has In Inserted In in- n a page pale advertisement nel In n tho the morning papers warning all members of ot the tho Equity association that the they are are personally liable for nil all damages and losses to the managers h by the tho strike and citing legal decisions to that effect The chorus girls s who trio have bac boon con Continued on page 2 THEATRiCAL MANAGERS no SUE STRIKING ACTORS Continued from page 1 barred from the Equity association b because c u c members must have speaking parts decided to form an organizationS organization S and nd affiliate themselves with the Equity association according to an announcement announcement announcement an- an of or Francis Wilson ilson president dent dent of of the Equity association Two o 01 OPenings fiM lof Opening of A Regular Fellow which w was as s to have hac Its premiere on nl night ht has been postponed of oC the w walkout of oC Its cast Rehearsals Re Re- for COl David Belasco's The rhe Gold Diggers which h were to have ha started toda today nl alSo o were postponed A secret meeting of stage hands musicians and electricians was as held this afternoon and It was rumored the they would go out in In Ina a sympathetic strike to help the thc actors The managers however arc are not dismayed dismayed dis dis- macd and are arc claiming iming significant gains gaino A A counterattack was started b by the anno announcement that Listen Lester th the musical comedy that was shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down last week would be given gl to tonight tonight to- to night hl with a cast that has lias played In Inthe inthe inthe the piece on the road Seats ere on 1 sale during the afternoon Ul c Disapproval al of the strike was cx- cx tocla today in announcements b by Laura Hope Crews Beacher or Zelda Sears Scars Olive Wyndham Lourie and Charlotta Mon Mon- on- on 13 E H. H Southern who resigned from the Equity u It has wired man many 9 I. I to Join him In a new organization to 3 J uphold the dignity of the theatre and for the betterment of the conditions of the actor actorS actor |