The San Francisco call., 1897-11-03
row haDpened tn s way:

row happened this way:
On last Sunday night the Italian Philo-
dramatic Company gave performance in
the Bush-stre ct Theater. The piece OF the
evening was entitled 'The Hotel of the
Vagabonds of San Francisco" and was
supposed to be highly sensational comic
drama. 1t proved to be more sensational
than any of the members of the company
dreamed that it would be, Tor the play
had not progressed far before there was a
fight in real earnest, and as result E.
BoEini, one of the actors, has been
arrested foT battery, and Arturo Biagi,
the director OF the company, has been
compelled 10 keep to the seclusion OF his
house because of black eye which he got
in the fracas.
1t was in the first act that the trouble
began. Biagi, who was playing the part
of the landlord of The Hotel de Vagabond,
was insulted, so he claims. by Bonini and
a friend of the latter's of the name OF
Travail lio. Travagllo was not member
of the company, but was invited to take
part to fill out the cast. TravagliO is en-
ployed as compositor on the Messengero,
an Italian paper, whose owner, Signor
CrespS some time ago served three months
in Jail for maligning the editor OF PItalla,
val newspaper.
tn. poet in the play, came on the stage he
asked Travaglio Tor a newspaper. Ira
vaglio handed him one, which he returned
with the remark that it was nothing but
q yellow journal or something to that ef-
feet. Travaglio is brother-in-law of Ed
itor Crespi, and he saw chance to give
the rival editor a rub. Taking the paper
he replied tnat it was no good; thatit was
the organ of tLe clique.
1. IL a. ato aIi
boil, as that part of the dialogue had beed
interpoiated by the two enemies OF
pItalia, the paper with which Blagi was
on friendly terms.
When the curtain was rung down Biagi
expostulated with Travaglio, but got no
satisfaction. Biagi felt aggrieved and
when the curtain rose on the second scene
he was ready for war. As the landlord,
he was attempting to collect his bills from
his boarders, bnt with about as much sue
cess as the landlords of mos. bum hotels
meet. He duEned the poet. but Boninl
proffered rhym instead of ''rhino." This
was according to the book and would
have been all right had he confined him
self to the lines of The piece. Instead OF
doing so, he got off some doggerei which
related to Collector Cassasa of the Italian
Beneficie ncia Socety. who is now in Jail
for recklessly handltIg the funds.
was attempting to have tne pay finished
without invoking the hostility OF any OF
the Italian colony, and according to the
statements of Bonini and his friends of
fered the poet gratuitous insult by tell
ing him to go to work so that he would be
able 10 pay his hotel bills. These lines
were not in the play, and as Binoni had
been out of work for several weeks he con-
sidered the advice as offensive, and re-
taIated by telling Landlord Biagi to &c
and see President Cavagnaro of the Bene-
ficiencia Society and try and get Cassasa
out OF Jail Biagi had a watchchain M ade
of brass chain used to loop back win
dow curtains and during the dialogue
the chain fell to the floor and was
broken. He gathered the pieces up and
renewed his demand for the settleme ent
of the board bill. and when Bonini stated
that he had settled the score with his
verses he threw the chain away in disgust
and in the direction OF Bonini.
At the end OF the scene the men met in
the wings, and a wordy war ensued, dur
inc which Boninf accused Biaea of cater
ing 10 the high-toned people. and re-
minded him of the time when he was the
friend of the anarchists.
II am an anarchist" said Bon mi, "and
am not two-saced about it either"
Two hours afterward when Biagi went
to mis- dressing-room TO get ready for his
Journey home. Bonini confronted him and
exhib biting pieces OF the brass chain sa d
Il am going to make you swallow tn 8"
He then stuck Biagi in the right eye
with his fist and the actor fell to the floor
Bonini jumped on him and was proceed
ing 10 beat him when E. Maggie. friend
of the fallen man, nterfered and push ed
Bouini away. Travaglio came up at this
time and led the fighter oil, remarking