The New York herald., 1870-08-21
THE TICKET sPECULATuRy WAR
What Opened tho Campaign and How It Alb
ruptly Ended-The Way the Spectators WoD
aVictory and the Way tho Victory Was
Turned Into Defeat-Is a Manager
"Boss'' Of His Own Houssl-The Com
batants Resting on Their Arms.

me war between the ticket speculators and uns
theatre managers TO all outward appearances has
o"hio W an emu, and there are those who believe
"a' al .ie hght 'he spectators routed horse,
1901 ana coupon tickets. The broke out it will
NC rene'hoereu at time whenthe public attention
was very much occupied with the rst stages of the
european struggle, and but for This IL might have
got theatrical hdouues more by the ears than it
really did. Last evening all was quiet along the
line OF Twenty-third street and Broadway In tho
vicinity OF Booths and Niblo's theatres ana
although long before the doors were opened large
crowd had gathered at the Two entrances to rain
admission. not a speculator showed his diminished
head during the entire evening. II any one had he
would certainly have been gobbed up by the police
men, who, 10 use neighboring bootblack's
expression, were changing 'rouud loose'
patiently awaiting wnateYermight turn up. But 1t
would seem that the present
FEARFUL ASPECT or AFFAIRS
ia not to be permanent; that it is, in point or acs
TIE calm that precedes the st0rma storm that IL TO
break out IN OF courts where the specuators
are to show their teeth again and contest the right
OF the managers TO put restraint on their cread
they have the law on their side. The specuiators
put forth the same CLAIM. The former contend that
If they mad not the right say VINO should make up
the audiences OF their theatres they would be totally
at the mercy OF anybody who, for some cause or
alother might see lit to pack the house with bad
characters; that. In hne the sale OF a reserved
seat 10 purchaser at the box ONCE is q
seller. and that the latter has no right whatever
10 resell the seats to third party To fortily this
nance passed In $780, which has never been fully en-
forced The spectators, on the other hand contend
that long the manager sets his fxed price for
ticket for reserved seat 1t is none OF his business
to whom the ticket IL sold gwen, after 1t has
passed from the manager to the first purchaser. and
that by no law can person be refused admission
when he holds genuine tokel. The managers say
that 1t Is quite impossible for them to guarantee
able company when they to their theatres unless
they have an absolute control over their reserved
seats and that this control they could keep intact did
the specuatOIs purchase their tickets bulk that
they could be detected as specuatOrs. The general
purchased IN quantities ut a time by the specula-
tors out such Is not the case. They purchase them
by single seats and twos and threes, and all through
different parties employed for the purpose. 1t VIII
thus be seen how. unknown TO manager, one spec
ulator may get possession Of dozens OF tickets with
out being known as such when they are bought
A SKIRMISH AND IT'S RESULT.
Booths and NiblO's theatres have made the most
strenuous light against the speculators and against
the first named theatre the malcontents have con
centrated their fire. The battle In Twenty third
street first grew into alarming proportions by
of ''test" by thespecuators. The latter employed
'RO-Detween,' whom they furnished with u ticket
for reserved seat for the OCCASION He was stopped
al the door, raised his very loudly in remOn-
STRANGE, aud caused such a disturbance by doing
tnat lie was handed over to the tender mercies OF
kindhearted policeman, who took him To the lock-
up on charge or "dlsorderly conduct preferred
by Mr.. Magonlgie. The next morning the ''go
In duty bound before Justice Cox at Jefrer-
son Market. Mr.. Magonlgle preferred his
a scene It ia SAID, LII winch Dogberryshness
made splendid show OF Itself. There were many
ol the specniators present, aud The Justice knew II.
and so did Mr.. Magonige before he got out. Tho
Justice informed the manager efiecf, that there
| was conduct which some people considered disOr-
| dery which other people did not The theatre man
ager declared his knowledge OF the wonderful TACT
| Then the Justice. without questioning the complain
ant to what the "goDetween'sp conduct nad
| been for which he had been arrested, allowed the
defendant 10 have little say on his own account;
during which the ticket which had been refused at
the door produced An that ticket The Jus
tice seized upon it, turned 1t about and read It,
turned 1t over and read ii again. Then looking at
the manager in way that plainly said, 'Now have
you, he asked II II was genuine ticket. The
ager doubtless scared hall TO death by the aspect OF
presumed II was, and had the extraordinary audacity
10 Intimate to his non0r that the cset had nothin
whatever to DO with The charge he had preferred
against the ''go-betweeD." Ho ho the idea OF
| any body
lNsTRUCTISG A POLICE JUSTICE
| about his way Of dong his own business Outra-
geous Al least the Justice doubtless thought it
| was, for straightway the 'gobetweenn was toli to
go his way IN peace and then the manager was
given little judicial ltakng TO about ''monopoes.n
| ana many other things too numerous to mention.
such was the upsbot Of the first skIrmsh between
the spectators and the managers, as a
HERALD reporter could get at the lacts. IL Is need
less 10 state that after the skrmish the spectators
threw up their hguratiye caps and the manager went
away with an awful flea in his ear. The flea was q
! troublesome one. however and so The manager
went To a magisterial doctor down town, who lis
tened TO the story O nia encounter, then putting
/ on his eyeglasses hunted up ms law books, and
| found clause which he read aloud Tue hea lett
! the managers ear at once ana q warrant was at
once issued for the rearrest Of the ''go- o-beweenn
who was again placed IN durance vile The mana
gerial cap went up in the air this tune and the specu-
latOrs held council OF war, the result Of which is
that the "Ro-between's' case ~ To be decided IN
| court next Tuesday. Until then the specs VIII
remain IN state OF mastery inactivity far
ticket Specializing goes, ami then when the case IL
decIded-wel, wen see what we shall see