The herald., 1894-01-12
A COLD DAY FOR THE PROFESH,
Three Theatrical Companies
Stranded in This City.
The Mckee Rankin Troupe Found
Pasadena Too Cold.
Miss Rankin and Manager Maher Have
aDissgreement-oIan Mon
roe of the Music
Hall Levants.

This is a cold day right along for
theatrical companies, three of them be-
ing stranded here now. Leonard
Grover, the veteran playwright, actor
and manager, AMI most of hie members
of New York company are still here,
and his friends and the friends of Nc
Kee Rinkip, who is also a victim of old
Financial Stringency, are talking of get
ting up a benefit for them.
The Rankin company has had sue
cession of frosts, and at last accounts
has euccumbed.
of Actor Rankin. swore out warrant
yesterday in Justice Bartholomew
court for the manager of the company,
T. M Maher, whom she chLrges with
emhezzlement.
She claims that Maher borrowed $40
to pay some bills, but spent the money
otherwise.
Mr.. Maher was seen last evening by q
HERALD reporter and made the follow
ing statement:
mot for years has such an aggregs-
tion as the Mckee Rankin company
toured the cities of Southern California.
Depending upon the reputation OF him
self and wife to carry him through, Mr..
Rankin engaged the services of COM
pany OF amateurs, whose English is as
bad as their dress. Disastrous results
were bound to ensue, and ii kept me on
the qri vive to make ends meet.
During tine engagement at San Diego
bills we're contracted that could not be
paid from the meager receipts, and
was forced to draw upon my personal
resources to pay the expenses Of ad-
vance agent and telegraphing.
The entire receipts of the Los Ange-
les engagement were requisitioned by
]. @. Fisher of San Diego, who remained
in full possession of the box Office dur
ing the sojourn of the company here.
Previous to his departure for Pasadena,
Mr.. Beggs, the advance agent, demanded
payment OF certain moneys advanced by
him for the payment of railway iares.
etc. l had to borrow the amount from
the booking agent OF the Pasadena
Grand Opera house, as he had promised
Mr.. Beggs to settle with him as soon as
possible after reaching here.
"The engagement at Pasadena proved
anything but euccess deputy sheriffs
ruled the situation. Attachments were
served on the treasurer, and resigned
my position in disgust and departed ior
this city, where l was notified of the
complaint lodged by Phyllis Rankin, one
of the members of the company"
Mr.. Maher added that his theatrical
experience is varied enough to last him
alifetime, aud what he is out of pocket
he has gained in experience.
MANAGER MoNRoE's DEPARTURE.
AS announced in yesterdays HERALD,
Manager Monroe OF the Music hall has
dropped out Of sight, leaving his COM
pany unpaid. The performers consist
Of the well known specially people, the
Robinsons, Carroll and Mcretta, Willard
and Hall, II. P. Clifford. Gertie Har-
rington, Ned Barry and John T. Leon
ard,
These people were all playing good en-
gagements in San Francisco when en-
gagged by Manager Monroe. They claim
that he told them that Mr.. W. I'll. Perry,
owner OF the Los Angeles theater, was
backing him and that his finances were
as result solid. Mr.. Perry OF course
had nothing to do with the concern ex-
cept to collect rent for his house.
What all these additions to the great
unemployed will do to get home remains
tn ha aaan