The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-13
THE JR 0. j. 4. NJ BAND
Will Disband in a Few Days
for Lack of Proper
Support.
CAN'T MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS.
Members Say Industry aud Clinton
Council S Have Boycotted Them
"A New Band Formed.
MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS.

The Junior o. U. A. NJ. band. which
was organized about one year ago and
Incorporated on the 10Th of November,
1892. will In a few days disband. The day
the band was Incorporated the members
borrowed $500. $3.50 each from the Clinton
and Industry Councils, and gave a chat
tel mortgage on their Instruments. The
mortgage falls due on the sixteenth of
this month, and as the members of the
band are unable to take up the mortgage
and have been refused an extension of
time disbandment will result. From the
following story, told TO a NEWS reporter
by one of the member, it seems as If the
two councils mentioned were deslrous OF
breaking up the hand.
CAUSE OF H DISARMAMENT.
lie said: w ORGANIZED about one
year ago with twenty members at Mr..
Canfeld's house On Aston place. and
were incorporated under the avs of New
Jersey on the l6.h of November, 1892.
When we were organized we had quite
some money. but needed about $500
more to buy q few extra instruments.
We borrowed the $500, $3.50 zach from
the Clinton aud Industry Councils and
gave them a chattel mortgage at five per
cent interest, payable In one years
time. When we first launched forth the
Councils were very friendly to us and
continued sc until Mr.. Geo. Eldridge,
our leader, requested u couple of
sign. That was the beginning
of our troubles, for as soon as they were
out they began to run Us down. Menu
bers of Industry Council wanted to run
the enter ainmeut we held on the Fourth
of July last, but we would not let them
do it. Then they began to boycott US
and the consequence was we fell about
500 in arrears after that entertainment.
We relied wholly upo the Jr. Order for
u support. as no foreign organizations
will hire US, and besides we ara not all
lowed to play for them. So you
see when they began to boycott
us and refused to help us
we went completely to ruin, as we had
no other resources to fall back upon.
Another thing that completely upset US
1t the fact tnar Industry Council refuses
to acknowledge that they owe us $51 for
services rendered them on American
Day. August II, at ASbury Park. We
dew up a contract with them and signed
II, but they say, for some reason or
otner. tine contract reads wrong. and is
therefore void. n that they do
not owe us any money. They
are going to demand the $l5O
and threaten to foreclose II
we do not pay up. We only owe them
500. and we will fight for the $51 which
they owe US. They nave never helped US
as they ought to have dom and have al
ways expected us to play for them with
out pay, besides venting TO run the
band themselves. IT we had allowed
them to run our affairs and had played
whenever they wanted US to for nothing
We could have bad the extension of TINA
for one year which we asked for and
still be running, but WI did not care to
be under the dictation Of tue council,
n consequently we ave had to dis
band"
A NEW BAND.
There Is another baud organized which
Will far eclipse the old one. IL is called
Dilley's Electric Baud. aud consists OF
the following members:-E. A. Garfield,
President; w. =. Rule. Secretary; j.. B.
Dilley, Leader and Musical Director;
George Eldridge, Assistant Leader and
Business Manager; e. f.. Steuard, Chas.
Heustis, Joseph Mattisou. F. A, Rodgers.
Frank Link. James G~lendenning. Geo.
La Forge. q. M. Anested, w. Midwin-
ter. J. w. Robertson. A. King, B. Wirtn.
EN-, H.. Schuhardt aud Herman Schotte.
Most of the members are from the old jr.
n n-