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Show THESPIANS GO . ; OUT ON STRIKE Salt Lake Noise-Makers Want Tickets; Grand Ushers. r One 'hundred and fifty of the "actors" who furnish the noise In the panic scene on 'change In Chicago in Lackaye'r "The Pit." now being played at the Salt Lake, I refused to go in their act last night unless un-less the management would agree to give each of them $jas to the gallery. Manager Man-ager SummerAeld of the visiting company tried to sidestep, by telling them that the rate he was paying them for their one and a half-minute "act" $u cents was gi eater than that received by the star of the company. He said he thought that pay at the rate of $140 per ddv was sufficient, but the "orator"' of the striking supers backed up against the fence, thrust his bands into his trousers pockets and told his men to stand pat no tickets, no "pit" scene, no panic. Mr. SummerAeld said he'd agree to let fifty of the supers into the gallery each night of the engagement. The "orator" "ora-tor" allowed he'd accept no promises; that what he wanted was Uo see tho "goods." But Summerfteld Is A fair-spoken youns man, and his evident truthfulness won the day a few relented, then othef followed, fol-lowed, and in a short while the "orator" made a bolt, and the strike was over. Because Manager Smiley of the Grand spoke to the ushers about retiring to dark corners and smoking long-distance cigarette, cigar-ette, to the disgust and discomfort, of the audience, the entire band of five ushers ush-ers walked out. They were told to go and not to come back. Others have been secured. se-cured. ' 1 . |