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--ULTIMATUM TO MR. STOLL

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ULTIMATUM TO MR. STOLL ARTISTES' ALLIANCE CHARTER IGNORED. "DIVIDENDS CAN'T BEAR THE STRAIN." FEDERATION MEETING AT SWAN- SEA. CRITICISM OF THE CHARTER. MR. STOLL TO BE DEALT WITH LIGHTLY Mr. Oswald Stoll on Thursday afternoon received the charter and contract r ;x>m the National Alliance of Artistes, plus a letter suggesting he should receive a deputation on the subject. Mr. Stoll made no ti-rect reply to the communication, but issued the following statement to the press. It is of particular interest to Swansea folk, for should the artistes decide on taking action, inasmuch as Mr. Stoll has virtually given a flat refusal to the demands of the "strikers," the strike may extend to this town. Air. otoll says:- "The charter has been delivered to-day (Thursday.) I must ignore it. I should have been glad as my reply to lock out the artistes who would allow such a docu- ment to be presented, because by now hundreds of them must be able to appre- ciate its folly and dishonesty. "The first clause of the charter would actually close the London Hippodrome bv reason of its matinees. The second clause suggests that transfers of artistes from ono town to another have been made with- out their assent, which has never hap- pened as far as I am concerned. "The third clause suggests that they must take the turn in the programme all the values and different possibilities in differ- ent places fender individual negotiation and varied conditions absolutely essential in the arrangement of contracts with artistes, so that an arbitration committee to setle ne- gotiations is out of the question, and to supersede the law in authority over con- tracts equally so." Mr. Stoll, however, goes into details re- specting the reasons why he is unable to accept the various clauses put forward for his consideration. Mr. Stoll concludes:— "If the artistes think the band and stage hands should be better paid, let them make their 5 per cent. levy upon their own excessive salaries and distribute it among the musicians, etc., and thus bring about I peace with honour. Our dividends are al- ready too low to bear a greater strain." Five more London halls were affected by the strike on Wednesday night. It is stated that there is no intention of calling out the unionists at Mr. Stoll's halls yet. week that has been allocated to them on the Monday, so that for their five or ten minutes' work they need not be more than five or ten minutes in the building. "The fourth suggests a permanent Arbi- tration Committee to decide every quibble that may arise as to whether this, that or the other artiste should be first, second, or third on the programme; whether one artiste who has given a tip has received less attention than another artiste who has Dot, etc. Different salaries for different FEDERATIONISTS MEET AT SWANSEA AN ALLIANCE SCHEME N01 YET DISCLOSED. A meeting of the Variety Artistes Fed- eration to consider the present position of the music hall war was held at the Empire Lounge, Swansea, on Friday afternoon. MT. ¡ Ernest Shand (Empire) presided, and those present were Mrs. Shand, Mr. W. Hast (L-tmie ajtd Hast, Empire), Messrs. G. Newham, I". Latimer (members of the Ex- •acutive), and Ily. and Mrs. F. Boulton {Grar. 1 Tbea;rc pantomime).- j ^"Ati -tW-'OuetPt Mju-Newham questioned Vhetb^r the press should be present, in view j cfprecfdent, but- The Chairman thought the press should be rtprasseuLed. At. first the dispute was of a private character, rifectins the artistes and manors., but. now it had developed into public Matter. Mr. Walter Hast said he had been pre- viously^ misrepresented. and earnestly sup- ported /the presence of the press, who re- mained; The Chairman read '-ype-writien letter from the headquarters of the Federation stating that the prospects of peace were very, bright and the battle was practically over. The levies were simply rolling in, and all fees were earnestly requested to sup- port a just cause. The levy of 5 per cent. must still be kept up by one and all, and the artistes must do their duty, as the smallest "subscriptions were the very sinews of war. j The streete, were crowded, the halls empty (in Londonj, "and the public are with us." (Applause.) Mr. Hast said in his opinion they were on Lhe morrow of a great victory. Ho had read Mr. Stoll's answer to the ultimatum, and he believed Mr Stoll must be treated differently to the other managers whom the Alliance Were fighting. At some length Mr. Hast proceeded to refer to the charter in detail, and as regards Mr. Stoll, said he knew the gentleman well. Mr. Stoll was a man who would ktick by himself to » great extent, and he would not be guided by what other managers told him or asked him to do. Mr. Stoll would reason merely with himself and he would deal with the matter himself. The charter had been laid before Mr. Stoll and there were one or two important things in his favour. The charter provided, "Dur lng each week that the artiste is employed "where he shall be required to play one per- formance nightly, he shall give one matmee tree, and all others shall be paid for at the rate of one-seventh of the weekly salary; hut where 'the. artiste shall perform at two performances each evening all matinees that the company may require shall be paid at one-twelfth of the weekly salary for each matinee. Mr- Stoll told them that the first Aanse 01 the charter would actuallv close the London Hippodrome by reason" of its I' tt^tinees. Mr. Stoll, they muKt remember, ?aid, extra money at the Hippodrome, and Hast thought that clause should be so forded as to deal with the London Hippo- |To»« before Mr. Stoll was asked to sign Now, according to the clause, there was piotsction for Mr. Stoll. And they must ^fnibfcr, too, there were contracts existing he Hippodrome up to 1912-1916. Th? Chairman: It means that he would to have the contracts back. Mr. Hast said the next clause provided that. no artiste should be transferred from I "hail to another without his (the artiste's) consent. If Mr. Stoll did not agree with that tr,r; the speaker would not agree with Mr. Stoil. It was only fair to Mr. Stoll say that he always asked artistes if they 'Would and he moreover stated that no transfer^ of artistes from or.e tour to aft- Other ciad been made without the artiste's Consent. They must, take Mr. Stoll's word Y, ef hone. 1$ as a gentltimrAn. y Newham asked what about a certain nAne'<&. ;being transferred.' Mr- Hast said distri t nrtana-gers had power according to their contra-ts, and the new contract read, "Empire, Birmingham, or Palace., bordesley." Mr. Newham 'said it all came under his management. ^jiMr. Hast said there war, a non-seneical oause in the_ charter which said no time w^oulu be varied afwwr Mondny in each T-eek Without the artiste's consent. T1 Chairmian said that evidently re- ared to London alone. Mr. Newham said that was meant to be 80, as he was in the room when the clause aB passed.

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--ULTIMATUM TO MR. STOLL

AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' WORK.