The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-11-24
STOPPED The DANCING
The Festivities Of the Haymirks! Inter.
rupted at 1 O'Clock This Morning
1T HAD BEEN LOOKED FOR
Marion and Barnett are Pulled -
They Propose to Fight. ~ Me-
cessary. All the Way to the
Supreme Court.

Butte, Nov. 2i.-The expected trouble
between tho management OF the Hay
market theater and the police authorities
over the new ordinance governing hurdy
gurdy houses, and places of a like charac-
ter, came to climax this morning and
1t ended in quiet aud orderly
manner that was quite unexpected.
The dance was given bv tho
Stag club. Charley Marion's new organixa.
ton. which has its headquarters at tho
faymarket. The club advertised dance
for two weeks ago to-light, but whom IL
was learned that the police intended ,o
take hand in the affair IL was postponed
as the club had not yot been Incorporated.
Since then tho club received its articles
OF incorporation and advertised another
| dance for tonight. Early last evening
City Marshal McNichols called on Charley
Marion and informed him that the dance
would not bc allowed to go on, and that he
and Fishy Barnett. the other manager of
tho thcater. would be arrested as soon as
tho tlacing commenced. Mr.. Marion, how
ever. had consulted numerous attorneys
in tho matter and he informed the mar
shall that tho dance would 60 on-and it
did. but not for very long. The affair was
preceded by a good many preliminaries
ON both sides. Marshal McNichols and
Sergeant Carroll met in Judge Naughicn's
otilco aud with his hearty assistance drew
enough warrants on John Doc anG Sallio
Roo To arrest nearly everybody in town.
Their intentions were In hrst arrest
Charley Marion and FisSey Barnett, and
then IL tho dance continued To arrest
| everybody on tho floor and 10 keen
| arrcsting them as fas; as they
furnished bonds and resumed
| dancing. II was also arranged that
II injunction papers were served on tho
marshal and sergeant, as IL was expected
they would be, the policemen could con-
tinue Ia make the arrests.
Marion had final consultation with his
attorneys and acting under their instruc-
lions no decided to admit no one to the
dance who did not have an invita-
| ton, and to compel the police
/ to break in the doors II they
wanted to get in to arrest any one. His
attorneys advised him that tho Stag club
as an Incorporated body had as much
right to give dance as the Silver Bow,
Union club. or any similar organization,
and this is the stand that Mr.. Marion has
taken all along. Later on. however. he
changed his mind about locking the doors
in the face OF the police.
| About I o'clock tho lower floor was
cleared for dancing and tho bars. both
upstairs and down, were closed and cur
tains hung around them. Fiskey Barnett,
president of tho stag club, announced
that the Stag club had been incorporated
and had invited It's friends TO enjoy
a social dance. lie said that the club had
no desire to get either its members or
friends into trouble aud reminded every
one that the bars were closed and that no
drinks could bs bought until tho dance
was over. Then the music commenced
and the lloor was quickly covered with \
crowd of dancers. Ten minutes later Mar
shall McNichols and Sergeant Carroll
walked in and arrested both Charley Ma
rion aud Fiskey Barnett aud stated tho
dance must stop.
Fiskey at once jumped upon n chair and
stopped further proceedings and tho
crowd adjourned upstairs TO enjoy a "Stag
Climb social session." Marion and Bar
nett put up n cash bond of $50 each for
their appearance Tomorrow at o'clock in
police court. They propose fighting the
new ordinance up to the supreme court IL
necessary. oh I