The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-21
RUNNING A RIVAL.
The Tactics Employed by Jack
Haverly to Paralyze Emer-
sons Minstrels.
Louisville Courier-Journai.

Louisville Courier-Journai.
The tricks that circus men resort to
when running i'm opposition tn another
show, and the methods they adopt TO "clean
out" their opponents, have been the subject
of much comment and no little amuse-
meni. The extent to which they carry
this practice i'm some instances Is aston
;shing, and they neglect their own business
to cripple that of their adversary. All the
rows that have occurred between circus
men, however, are laid in the shade when
compared with the row between Haverly's
MastOdon MINISTRIES and Emerson's, under
the management of r. Nj. Hooley.
A COurier-J Journal reporter met Master
Martin, the well-knOwn minstrel man, last
night, and entered into conversation with
him. which finally
DRIFTED ON TO THIS sUBJECT.
"You may talk about the rows between
circus men," said Mr.. Martin, but there
never was one which compared TO the fight
between Hooley and Haverly in $780,"
What fight was that" asked the re-
porter.
Il will tell YOU all about it," was the
reply. Il was with Billy Emersons min
strels that wear. under the infringement of
HOoley, and We PLAYED all over the south.
About the same time Haverlys Mastodons
came south, and We were thrown into oppo-
siIion To them. Will Stricken, Haverly's
manager, made date for his MINISTRIES in
ST. Louis one week before We were tn ap-
pear there. This alarmed Hooley, and lac
trlesraphed In Nat HOMER. assistant agent,
to proceed To ST Louis at cnce and clean
Haveriy out. This suited Homer exactly,
and he went To- 81 Louis with anOt her
agent and
WORKED THE TOWN Up
to the top ri the ladder. Every available
with one oi our bills; in many instances
they were pasted over Haverly's. A large
band wagon was procured and the streets
paraded every day with flying colOrs. Ha-
verify did not expect this, and was not pre-
pared to meet it, and, i'm consequence, his
weeks business was ruined, while We
turned people away every night. This en-
ragged Hayerly, and he determined In get
even. which he did. He telegraphed
Strickler TO hunt Hooley To- the wall, fol-
low him up and break him, il il breaks
me- Strickler was only too anxious to pro-
coed i'm this way, and started his six agents
after us. We only had four agents, and,
i'm consequence, were laboring under dis
advantage Strictler and his five assistants
took after us and followed IL
ALL OVER THE SOUTH.
Every town our agent went to one OF them
would follow and proceed to bill the town
for the week after We were billed. In
III 81 L., A.
never intended to appear. The way his
men worked was a caution. As they
walked along the street they would notice
Emerson's Autograph hanging in a win
dow. and wOnid rush in and say To the
proprietor: "Don't go To that show, it's no
good. Have YOU ever heard of Haverly's
miustrelsr YES "Well, how MANY have
you got in your family" pulling out his
complimentary tickets. The man would
tell him, and be given ticket for each
member of his family, and at the same
time Haverly's MINISTRIES
NEVER INTENDED To APPEAR
i'm the town, and the tickets of course were
worth nothing. After getting the tickets,
ten TO one, the man wOuld pull down
Emerson's Autograph, and hang in its
place a card, saying: Don't go To see
Emerson; wait for Haverly's Mastodon
Fortv.' OF course, every one who received
tickets. and nearly every man in town got
one. would resolve To wait and see the Mas
todons. and, i'm consequence, our business
was nearly ruined Hooley, who was a very
profane and excitable man, was greatly
aroused-in fact, paralyzed, At Haverly's
audacity We would reach town one
night and have it billed, and the next day
Haverly's men would be i'm and clean us
up. walked down the streets OF the little
town with Homer and Hooley one day,
and was greatly amused at HOoley. We
suddedly came to 4 store, in the window of
which was one of Emerson's Autographs,
and Just below it was the card
WARNING THE PEOPLE
not to go to the show, and below this was
one of Haverly's Autographs. Hooley,
who wore long gray beard, began to pull it
vigorously, and swear like trooper, SAYING
between his oaths: well, the loaier; look
at him now where he is, and he never in
tends to come here at ALL He then turned
to Homer and asked why he did this.
Homer replied that it was because he run
Haverly in st. Louis, and he was getting
even. Every town we struck it was the
same way, and Hooley used to swear him.
self black in the face. Haverly's instruc-
tions To push us to theswalr were carried
out to the very letter and the show broke
up in New Orleans after losing considerable
money. That is the way minstrel men
carry on a war, and, although it cost
Haverly heavily, he gained his point"
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GREENsBrRG., Pa, Jan. 20, 1880.
JAMyS FELLOWS.