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GENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER’S MESSAGE
125 Years Strong
The year was 1893 and in the Elks Hall located at 27th Street and Broadway
in New York City, seventeen delegates gathered on July 17th at the inaugural
convention of the National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes. And no
that isn’t a typo. The Alliance used the old English spelling with one “e” in the
original chartering of the union.
JAMES B. WOOD
The Convention lasted three days and was called to order
at 11:35 a.m. with the following delegates in attendance:
Boston – W.J. Morehead and P. Barry
Brooklyn – Henry H. Harvey and James E. Walker
Buffalo – James Gillespie
Chicago – Lee M. Hart and George W. Glenny
Cincinnati – Ed Kelly
Denver – F.H. DePuy and J.H. McCarron
New York – Philip Kelly and John Williams
Philadelphia – Thomas Murray and Percy Farron
Pittsburgh – John Gallagher
St. Louis – Alexander Franzmuller
Syracuse – Frank E. Norton
The delegates moved quickly to nominations and
elections and by early afternoon John Gallagher from
calculations today.
The convention adjourned in the late afternoon of July
19, 1893 with the delegates selecting Chicago as the site of the
second convention to be held in July 1894.
And now we find ourselves in 2018 and rapidly
approaching the 125th Anniversary date of our great Alliance.
Obviously, a tremendous amount has happened over that
time and not many labor unions today can stake claim to
such a history. Today we are a modern and progressive union
that can consider itself a leader in the labor movement not
only in terms of growth but in terms of the strength we have
built for ourselves through unity of action and belief in
common goals.
In recognition of 2018 being our 125th Anniversary Year,
our next Official Bulletin will be devoted entirely to the history
Pittsburgh had been elected as the first President and Lee M.
Hart from Chicago had been elected as the first Treasurer.
and evolution of
our great union. It
125 TH A N N
I V ER S A R Y YE A R
Over the next two days the delegates completed and
is a story that few
voted on a new Constitution and Bylaws which among the
members today are
highlights contained a per capita payment of 20 cents per
member and a voting strength provision that provided for
one vote for every Local with 100 members or less and one
vote for each additional 100 members or majority thereof.
An extremely similar formula to the one used for delegate
familiar with and
it is a Bulletin that
we are excited to
be putting together
for you.
1893 – 2018
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