Telegram-herald., 1886-10-07


required IN assuming control OF play
| houses here 10 enter into a written agree
| fnent 10 the elect that cOlOred persons
shall not DC allowed seats ia the body of
| the house. This afternoon Manager l.. NJ
| Castine, of the Mozart Academy, received a
letter from Col ). b. Paul, Chairman of the
| Finance Committee of the Mozart AssOcia-
| ton, calling attention 10 the fact that last
night the contract under which the Acade-
nv was managed had been violated, mas
| much As a cOlorei man had been permitted
| to sit in the main portion of the
| house Colonel Paul said. The
contract provides that persons of
the Caucasian race alone shall be admitted
10 any part OF the house, except the gallery,
and that is clearly defined in the contract
To be what your advert sements called the
balcony Under the circumstances which
SO UNEXPECTEDLY arose last night. and in
which you took the advice of the hail com
| mittees | think your action was JudiciOus,
| but as they tOrewarn you tO acqUiesce,
| which would prejudice the interest you rep
resent, or violate the contract of lease,
shall be compelled to report any recurrence
| of an infringement of the lease
With the contract drawn upon him.
| and the announcement that tonight that
there would be a repitition of last nights
proceedings oy delegates of Forty nine star
ing him IN the face, Manager Cas.ine was in
a dilemma His only alternative was TO
call upon the Chief of Police for assistance,
which he did, and then assured bis patrons
that he would enforce the spirit of his lease.
Major Poe, the chief. diagnosed the forebOd-
iugs as serious. and during the afternoon
called at the Armory where the knights Of
Labor convention Is In session, 10 see Mr..
Powderiy for the purpose OF inducing him
10 persuade the delegates 20 desist
in their determination to attend the theatre
tonight and take their cOlOred delegate,
Farrell. with them. The United Press cor
respondent saw Major Poe Immediately
after his mission was finished. Il did not
see Mr.. Powderiy," said Major Poe, who is
far seeing officer, but Mr. Hayes, OF t,'e
Executive Board, Was deputized 10 consult
with me. | Was assured that all efforts pos
sble would be made by the officers OF the
organization To prevent the delegates frOm
visiting other OF the theatres. | can { see
hO~ a collision can be u. evented If shat
cOiOred delegate. or any cOiOred man Is
taken into the theatre. The white
citizens do not propose 10 be dictated to IN
a matter of their social rights. and espec-
| tally by strangers Our people have ex-
tended ever courtesy TO the visitors and
! il i ; not right they think, for the strangers
To demand that this charge be made in their
social life. 1t is not the proper thing 20
ask that all customary usages IN this regard
| be set aside 10 please any class. and have
advised the theatre managers 10 close their
houses if it is known this evening that coll
Ored men are u demand admission aud II
il becomes necessary to avert .trOnbe. the
I theatres will be closed by an order / find
/ in seventeen years experience as Chief of
/ police here that an ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure and that the best
way TO avoid trouble IS to remove the cause.
Our white cltiz-ns never have trouble
/ with negroes about social matters
| because the negroes know and keep their
places We have our own ideas and tasi ies
about this thing. and II Is proper that we
/ should not be interiered with. especially
since the coiOred people them selves ID not
/ object
Mai Poe explained that the best edu-
Gated and mos ref lei classes Sere The ones
who intended 10 MAINTAIN the social Gus
toms, and instead of 8 riot ID would be a
/ revolution
The leaders Of ~ leirael very soon after
the convention adjourned that extra pre-
cautions would be taken by the police au-
thorities 70 check them, and they held a
consultation. Their reasonings and deter
minaiion could not be asCeriained. It was
| learned however. that All the thought Of
visiting the Mozart Academy Of Music vas
abandoned. and no police precautions were
taken there.
A large squad of officers were sent to the
/ Richmond theatre early in the evening.
| This is the oidess olay house in Richmond
| and IS attended oy the highest class Of citi-
| pens II. II Mortimer. South Carolin-
ian bv birch. is The manager while Frank
| A Tannehili. who Was an All 20 Gen. sgd
| nev Johnston. is a star of the company.
As soon a3 these gentlemen learned that
| this disturbance was being transferred fo
| their house. they proclaimed their determi-
/ nation O. cooperate HIfH The bites fp u e.
vent the seating Of coiof,d men in the
/ house. When Major Poe informed Manager
/ Mortimer that the house had best be closed
tn ist'er said- let the people y sni n a
coio1ei man enters tie audit rium wi
ring down The curtain. announce that there
will be no performance and tell the pe0.
pie inside % 20 to fhe boV-0fhce and ge'
their money At 0ciec< the street.
were bioCsaded With men. their being fev
ladies' in sight Excitement ran high
4 There we're earnest inquiries for the Forty
4 Miners and the c0'orei delegates A nors
/ earnest ccncourse - people never as1ern
hled anywhere than he outside ~ fh'
! Richmond theatre. They belonged t0 the
best families q the city and if IS presanler
/ most 81 then were armai Wien fho rar
tain was runz 1p not seventy fre psrson.
( were En- the house ihe excitement hsf
/ ruined the hu@ness Of fhe nizht Fineer
/ r~irsre roiicemeu. headed s7 Nef1
( Pee ani three captains orcn
pied sesfs in the ocaesfrs ss.e
While nHnta~ ~ rri7sses sni rt1 -er
/ pzfr1i ei the sidewalks and keuf hack th
exciei urQuisce. a rs-fi ie-hesie3 hsir
hrsine3 white nsn. warmed rr hrno-
uaoanre6 box ir frort of ffe thesfre sa.
ART enter the sesfrr Be vas rr a.
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