The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-04-20
CHINESE ACTORS
Fall Ont Over Possession Of
Theatre.
RIVAL COMPANIES HAVE DISPUTE
Attorneys Take the Stage
and Advise Clients.
RIVAL COMPANIES HAVE DISPUTE
Temporary Injunction Issued-Both
Companies PIay-Old Company
Scores Success.

There is trouble between the Soy
Kwong Ting and the For Fung Yung,
better known TO people conversant
with the English language as the Old
and New Chinese Theaters, the former
situated farther toward Waikiki than
the latter. on the narrow street that
leads from King. nearly opposite the
o. f. & L. depot. The whole thing IS
2 result Of a combination of the two
theaters. said TO have been effected a
few days ago.
One OF the members of the old the
alter company. Chun Chog by name,
got up the new company some time
ago. and Just recently made an agree
ment with them 10 play in the old the
ater every other week. This, it IS
claimed. he did without authority and
FOR his own personal aggrandizement.
The report that the two theaters had
consolidated grew out of this action on
the part of one individual member Of
the old company At all events the
new company sent their actors to the
old theater. and there gave several
performances.
All The while the members of the old
company were getting warmer and
warmer under The collar, until yester-
day they decided they wanted their
hall for their own actors. and by this
decision brought matters to head.
On the other hand. the new company
claimed they were in possession Of an
agreement, and they were going to see
that the same was lived up to.
The old company consulted their at
torney. W. R Castle, who advised
them 10 retain possession of the old
theater, no matter what the new com
many had 10 say. P. L. Weaver. his as
sistant. was sent TO the old theater
with full power TO act. He told the
Cinnamon TO bar the door and TO allow
no one 10 enter. over a hundred of the
sympathizers the company gathered
inside. and the doors were barred. as
advised A little later ]. A. Magoou
arrived on the scene. and when. after
q trip up town. Mr.. Weaver returned.
he found the attorney of the new COM
pany on the inside. A blum had been
successfully worked.
Then came a seance between the two
attorneys. both claiming a right to the
place. Neither wanted trouble, but Mr..
Magoon insisted that the doors be
opened. and that the old company give
promise to do no harm to the new.
Both attorneys were DESTROYS of going
up town 10 look further into the mat
ter. and both were willing TO leave the
middle in stauo quo. As has been
limited above. Nj MagoOn wanted in
Guided in this statue quo the opening
of all the doors and the admission OF
any who should see fit 10 enter. To
this Mr.. Weaver interpOsed a strenu-
Gus objection. and walking out 10
Choy Mel Hing. the manager of the
old company. he told him TO retain
possession Of the place. and should any
OF the new company try 10 enter. they
should be forcibly expelled
ChOy Immediately rolled up his
sleeves and in a load voice proclaimed
from the stage that the old COMPANY
was in possession of its rights and
that none OF the members of the new
would be allowed 10 enter Some OF
his supporters took up the cry, and
there was a paric for moment About
half of the Cinnamon who were in the
place whether from guilty consciences
at being sympathizers of the new COM
pany. or from some other reason, made
a break out of the small front door.
This was closed again, and all was
quiet.
The attorneys then assisted each
other of the stage and went up town.
During the afternoon the attorney for
the old company got out suit TO re-
strain the new company from interfer-
ing and temporary injunction was
issued. ordering the members of it not
10 interfere in any way with the per
Torrance given last night The old
company has a license TO play three
more nights.
A hearing will be granted by slip
ulation, at 10 a. n. today. before Judge
Garter. 10 determine whether a per-
petual injunction shall be granted or
not
During the time that the actors OF
the new company had been playing in
the headquarters of the old, they had
left much Of their paraphernalia in the
chests OF the latter. When the trou-
bic occurred they took the keys of the
chests and the front door The old
company settled the door matter by
getting a new lock
Just before 8 O'Clock the members OF
the old company hoisted their emblem
on the theater flag pole, and amid the
changing Of cymbals and the firing OF
hrecTackeTs. gave thanks 10 their
heather gods for the victory they had
attained while the actors in the blue
room~vhistled Yankee Doodle" in the
minor and winked at the queer shapes
and forms strung around on the dusty
raffers