The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-06

Tryi.e 20 Get thr Fay which ives Dus
Then When FIeSna rlnslix FeIl.

About 100 supernumeraries and half as
many ballet girls employed In the unlucky
Fall OF Plevna" spectacle. which camo to
grief at South Beach two weeks ago. held an
impromptu meeting alongside OF the Regis.
ter's Office in the City Hall Park at noon yes.
terday to discuss their misfortunos. They
had run the show themselves on Saturday
night and on Monday afternoon and night In
the hope OF getting bnck some CT the wages
which had long boen duo them. and now. so
they declared. their super captains had run of
with the receipts and loft them as badly of as
at first 1t was to devise some means to got
the missing money that they held tho meet
Ing. Several OF them had been to the Tombs
Police Court In the morning. but Justice Duffy
had refused to grant warrants for the arrest OF
the super captains.
twas not avery formal meeting. since there
was no recognized Chairman. Neither was II
q stirring meeting. for the men were detected
and tho girls fearful. Various plans were sug-
Gested. but met with no favor until one Of tho
girls said:
II bet little Abe Hummel d cit IL back fast
enough"
Some one put tho notion. and It was carried
and the meeting broke UP. But Abe Hummei
wasn't y.1s down town yesterday. so tho matter
The SUPER CAPTAINS whom tho -ynfortunates
sharEed With abseopdipg were Thomas Dun.
sS. h IL tn. . sS esS En- Isd
show, This Is the plan on which most bsllets
When the Fail H OF pevna" lin earnest Dun
to run 1t themssves in order to get their
money out Of 1t. They. az reed. and got permits
p@ny TO give thre ana take ali
made Waldemar saiamonski; the musical d:
night. Saturday. the receipts wer. S1O2. Mon.
day AFTERNOON they took in SlO2. go. and-at
night slsl. Salamonski got the money. and
Where the supers made their mistake was iu
:snpposinnG that all this money would 60 to
lei, EIrls lad teIe. paiJ, too: The treasure.,
that was to inclSdo Their transrortston back
aud forth from the city. The rest OF the money
H. rHnsurer raid out In other directions ct
sais'el and Joined az , 1uIe5s IN CHARGING
lad ran Of s Will tie and
ballet girls believed them. That is why the
girls joined tho meeting Yesterday morning.
mistake arose about ,Dunworth and McKenna
tho sa xssh he hsd
Mrkennn threatened to DO him 9p. aud row
dragged Mckenna away in order to keep out
q trouble. and they went home, Charles +:
Dunworth told him to be Off that they would
not get my money that night. That made
Rice and tho other supers sure that
Dunworth and McKenna had run of. 40
they determined to have Thorn arrested.
But yesterday afternoon the two super cap
nortation fees and met number OF the supsrs
and paid them. Later on thev told q Sun re-
porter that they had pnid out all the money
but So, They showed lot OF receipts
We haven't had any pay ourselves yet.
Salaries but keep back ono dsys waHes from ON
each employee. We haven't kept anything
hack yet. There's SEQ OF the old back wages
due yet, and II we can't worry that out Of the
company. why we'vo got to go unpaid"
Suners. get from SO to % cents q night, ac-
get SIS a week. and stars as high az $la The
wages yet due average So. 10 each for the men.
and vary from SIS 10 $40 for tha girls