The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-03
JAILED THE MANAGER.
Hostiiities Break Out In the Ranks of the
Black Bostoniaus.

A"S
Hostilities broke out yesterday in the
ranks of the Black Bostonians, the
musical and specially organization of
colored people playing at the Union
Family theater and their
Harry c. Overton, is in the county Jail
in default Of a $1,000 bond and under a
charge of attempting to leave own for
the purpose of ~defrauding the members
of his company out of considerable
back salary due them.
The company arrived in Butte from
Billings on Sunday evening, and it is
claimed that OvertOn Immediately
made arrangements to abandon the
company N skip out with all the
dough" last night. The dvanc rep
resentative, ID. S. Vernon. who had $243
due him, heard of Overton's intentions
and he secured an assignment of claims
from a number of the and
yesterday afternoon, through Attorneys
Campbell and Parr, brought suit In the
district our against the manager for
1852. 20. on the following claims for SER
vices since the first of last January:
D. S. Vernon. s243: William Humphreys.
$S5; c. Il. Royal, $50; w. Cole, $29;
Jessie Gibson, S42.5O; A. Hampton.
$1,000; Ida Forceu. $2S; Mamie Brown.
$50; Andrew Brown. $40; Lizzie Hard
in, $54; Eddie Harris. SIG; Pauline
Jones. SIS; +. j. Mosly, $17; $. Frazier.
$50; c. w. Arnold. s4S.
The complaint alleges that on March
81, 1898, the parties to the suit formed a
colored minstrel troupe called the Black
Bostonians, at Des Moines. Iowa, and
entered into a contract with the West
ern Amusement company Of that place
for a tour Of the country, and the de-
PENDANT was placed as manager over
the company. Immediately after the
organization, the company started or
their Western tour. performing every
night in the different towns along the
route and the defendant has received
the oneys due the troupe as their
share for m performances and has at
this time all such money on his person
with the exception of a mail part nee
essarily expended. He has not paid the
plaintiffs any money due them and has
failed to provide them with meals or
bedding according to contract, although
it had beer stipulated that they should
receive a certain amount at the end of
each week. 1t is alleged that he did
not provide the company with any
place to sleep either Thursday, Friday
or Saturday nights, n while they were
showing in the city Of Billings he COM
PEELED them all to emain in the cars
which were not provided with sleeping
apartments. II is further related that
upon their arrival In Butte yesterday
h defendant approached Vernon's
wife and requested her to say to her
husband that If he did not push the
collection OF the amounts due that he
would pay him every cent due him in
~dividually. Overton then withdrew
from the company as manager n kept
all the money amounting to o $500.
AT various times during he past two
days the defendant hoo rolls of the
money In the faces OF members OF the
company and aid he had made IL n
the damn niggers" could starve, and
49, he An1 rnA 80
leave Butte on the evening train"
In an affidavit for the defendants
arrest Vernon alleged that Overton
was about to leave town for the pur-