The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17
Filipino Theatrical Troupe Il
Stranded in This City.
SHIPPED HERE FRoMwHArcoM.
A six-Months' Tour Ends IN Utter
Bankruptcy In BeIIingham hay
Claimed They Were Brought Over
Under bond That They Would
Not he Left Destitute-Charity
Organisation Caring for Party.

Seventeen Of the twenty Filipinos who,
as members of theatrical troupe, played
a weeks engagement at a local theater
about month ago. are public charges
upon the city of Seattle, and Secretary
Bair, Of the local charitable organization,
is puzzled to know what he shall do with
them. The stranded and destitute band
Of swarthy foreigners is composed Of
nine men, Ave women and three children.
and with them the all-absorbing question
is when, where and how they will obtain
food.
The Filipinos were brought to this coun-
try last July to show at the Mechanics
pavilion In San Francisco. At that time
1t is claimed the management Of the pa
viion signed bond to the Federal gov
eminent that the members OF the COM
pany would not become public charges.
After showing for several weeks at San
Francisco the manager OF the company,
w. M. Lille, had trouble with the man
agement of that house, and on his own re-
sponsibility brought the troupe to Puget
sound. The people of this section OF the
country. however, did not appreciate the
performers, and from the time they ar
rived in Seattle until yesterday morning,
when they were turned over to the char
ity organization, their tour had been
continuous performance Of bad luck.
After playing week In this city the
company went to Everett. In that town
the company made barely enough money,
to pay the members fares to Whatcom,
where they had even worse luck than IN
Everett In fact 1t was In Whatcom that
starvation for the first time actually
stared the members of the company in
the face. They had nothing to eat.
Three of the company left the organi.
zation at Whatcom, and went to Port
Blakeley, where they secured employ
ment In barber shop. This reduced the
number to seventeen. One of the re-
manning members OF the company who
could speak English. an accomplishment
not enjoyed by most of the party, made
known to the commissioners OF Whatcom
county that his associates had not
meal The commissioners. 1t is said,
graveiy deliberated on the matter for
some time, and finally, reaching the con-
clusion that the Golfers of King county
contained much more cash than those OF
their own county, paid the fare OF the
entire party back to Seattle, and consid-
cred their duty at an end:
yesterday morning and registered at the
National hotel. 1t did not take the pro-
prietor of that hosiery long to make the
discovery that the capital OF the entire
party would not pay the rent of one
room. and he promptly notified Mr.. Batr
for relief. Mr.. Bair went to the hotel,
sized up the situation and offered to pay
stating that he would make ARRANGEMENTS
in the meantime for the final disposition
of the crowd.
The hotel man baked. The Filipinos,
he said were more like cattle than hu-
man beings In their personal habits, and
he declined to furnish them lodgings at
any price. Consequently Mr.. Bair could