The New York herald., 1879-10-30
MAPLESON'S MUSIC.
THE ORCHESTRA REFUSE TO RAISE THE WIND
WITHOUT THE NoTES-A STRIKE THAT ENDED

THE ORCHESTRA REFUSE TO RAISE THE WIND
WITHOUT THE NorEs-A STRIKE THAT ENDED
MELoDIoUsLY.
''To play or not to play was the question with
the orchestra at the Academy last night. When the
hour for the overture arrived the oboe. the flute.
the bassoon. the viola and the saxehorn, the
cornet. the tambour and the clarionet. were all
on hand. but muscle and wind were refused them
all and Colonel Mapleson in despair. Tho
chorus and the ballet picturesquey grouped in
the little village of Chamouni, impatient for tho
prompters bell The little church on the
hill lseened anxious to receive the waiting
throng, and yet not tinkle warned them
to move Signor Campanini, nervous and excited,
strutted up and down in the wings, venting
his anxiety by frequent trillings and runnings Of
the scale. Mlle Valera. the prima DONNA in wrap
pings Of lambs wool. exctedly trod the boards as
she fretted the silence in front Of the foot
lights Miss Cary. with her 9i,ondo. nervously
skipped from side to side. her merry eye
sharpened with anxiety to the possibility of
enforced silence for the night. Signor Galassi,
worried about the rising of the curtain
than about his mimic farm. prowed around its bor-
ders anxious to hear ut least the turning of vio
while Signor Mont, the substitute for NJ David
with the solemnity due the Prefetto stalked up and
down. earnestly endeavorng to subdue his curiosity
by appearance of indifference while the audience
troupe, were. thirty minutes after the time
set for the commencement of the perform
mufiied thunder which at times makes the artists
proud. but at the time in question made them
trenble. When the orchestra finally appeared
futter of satisfaction foated over the Immense
audience, and there little applause as the
men emerged from beneath the stage.
CAUSE DELAY
The cause of all this delay that the musicians
had struck and refused to play until hard cash was
forthcoming. They did not strike against the
t,at,
ber, who, besides his Regular salary gets q commits
sion from the other ffty-nine members OF the
'.vot dells you is drue said the Secretary of the
Musical Protective Union to a HERALD reporter.
"Dem days Of dot man is numpered. He ish n pad
goose NIT dem musisuhs unit he ish soon
%is 90 mr Maplsson unit dose 0 men '0hsS Rno%
und he say. You pays me fife tollar unit you have
dot stand. So! He gets from fife tollars unit
twenty tollars from each of to men in dot band.
dey keeps deir places. De men don't like dot. unit
so dey just shtrike vonst. Unt you knows all
ing the sidewalk at eight o'clock. in which all the
speeches. made soto roce, they the long line
OF spectators were dot looks like pishness. then
adjourned to their grcenroom under the front
OF the stage. where the military maestro greeted
them at half-past eight O'Clock. Mounting tenn
porary rostrum, the Colonel rolled out in dulcet
notes:-"Gentlemen. Ihave offered you your salaries
to-day, as per contract and you have refused them
But, gentlcInen. we-we-are servants of the public
and on behalf Of that public whatever you demand
will agree to now, under protest. tor your threats
this side of the curtain and the great pressure from
tho other compels me to do So, gentlemen, what
ever your demands are. go to your stands at once
and will acccde to them"
cultural voice exclaims. '"rhat ish joost vot we
want.
The Colonel continued VERY well. II this gen.
tleman represents the feeling of the body. answer
Yes" unanimous "Yawi" was the response.
ALL THE FLUTES.
The official announcement that for all nights
when full week was not made each man should
receivc AZ ID instead of the price
OF $50 to S35 per week. Gained all tho excitement
especially the salary for last week at these rates
was promised at tho end of tho FIRST act. So all
hurried out 10 the orchestra stands except the
flutes, who too high toned to como down q
single note. Forty dollars per week and no COM
no compromise could be effected, ''Linda di Cha
mounix" was played without flute In the orches-
tra And 30 the last strike at the Academy OF Music
endod.