The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-14
THREW ROCKS.
SuperS Attack Sporting Life
Players.
Claim They Didn't Get
Their Pay.
COmpany's PugiliSt Takes Hand in
Festivities.
Mob Followed Players
to Hotel.
Finally Police Appear and Put
Warlike Supers to Flight.
Finally Police Appear and Put
Warlike Supers to Flight.

There was an exciting time at the
close Of the performances Of the "Sporting
Life" at the Jefferson theatre at fsw
minutes bsfore eleven O'Clock last night
and for some time 1t was thought that
serious consequences might OCCUR A
gang Of Infatuated boys and young men
who Fad been acting rs supers In the
play. were lined about the long PASSAGE
way that extends from the Free street
side Ct the theatre into the rear where the
dressing rooms are located. The N embers
CT this gang were crowdiEg about the
actors and actresses, threatening yen-
Eeance to the male members of tire
amusement company ami hurting all
kinds of epithets to tire Ladder. Tie gang
of suIels formed in'o a group ami de.
clare1 tat noj member of tie slow
People shonld be allowed 10 coue out In o
the street until some m oney had been paid
over. They said that they accomm o lated
the show people by taking part In the
two performances that had been played
AMI that as they had not received cent
of pay for their efforts, they we-e "go.ng
Ire gang was becoming moe and mo-e
boi te-ous ami tie peoo'e of TIE stow
wee becoming moe and more impat emit
to reach their hotsl Finally affairs
reached crisis when ona of the
actors who ass lint 5 the Tole of onl of the
prize hghte in tee play, aetei his part
true to life. He snatshe1 a chair from
one of tie dress ns ROOMS ami waving
it right and left r she'd through TIE
slTers rell nell. This sudden break wa
a crrs er for TIE DIST rbers who made all
tee haste in tie word to make en-
selves scarce 1T en- the members of the
"Srort M LIFE company walkei Teace-
ably ont of the pass sgeWay AMI down to
the hote s. followed by the s1pers who
Kept up flow of vile ami obscene tllk
for the most of the distance When the
junet ON of Free and Mi ldie streets was
reached a few Of the crowd of snt ers
picked up stones ana bricks which they
proceesei to throw at the show People N
front Fortunately, however Officers
Pillsbury AMI Lamont made Their ap-
reardnce at just tn 5 tine When the
blue coats hoys in sight, thu worI was
passed along through ths gang, "Htr.'s
tbs cofsi HRS this cofsF Tbs was
thu signal to start ON tbs dead rsn Gown
this street, ana I'm thsy did. They
scampsrsd along Middle street until thsy
came to Union str3et VIII ia thsy t1rnsd
and dashed oct of tn, SIGHT of thu otii-
etrs.
81 have travelled all over the country
in my rof: IS ON as an actor" said one of
the principals of ths "Srort ng Life"
company to a rsportr of thu PRESS ear.
ly this morning, 'but tn is tbs worst
time that have ever had. 1h-s, snpsrs
that we had up Co thu thsatrs tonight
wers a RI ble mob but oncs that we
showed our nsrye and that we did not in
tsnd to be imIossd ulon by any such
CHAPS all went well. While they took
their parts well enough ON the stage-as
| they had only a little to do-tAey had
bsen drinking just enough to make them
sslves feel like picking row with some
boiy. They had no grievance sgai INST US
but they thought tsat they hai AMI so
they went ahead and tried to bs frssi."
The tr Juble all ar. S, from the fact that
these sapers had MT rscsived their
monsy. 'Sport ng Life" Is the biggest
production that has visited Portland fer
many years AMI b. sides its own large
numbsr CT people that it carries with it,
at every performance, from as to ons hun
brad people ara nseded to bring ont the
| effects of the scenes. In accord dance with
his custom the manager Of the company
befers coming to this city sent word to
Manager Moore of the jefferson to engage
one hundred s1psrs FIR the two perform
anees. Manager Moore turned the mat
ter over to Charles Googins who has bsen
the captain of the losAl band Of upers
since the theatre opened this s,sson.
uoogins hustled around the frs of the
week and engaged IS young fellows who
agreed to act as supers He told them
that he would pay each one IS cents fer
each of the two performances.
| The time came fer thess munifiesnt
salaries to bs paid after the conclusion of
the performance lass night. But when
the slpers went to rsoeivs their money
they vera disappointed.
awe had nothing to do with paying
every one Of that gang stated the man
ager of .Sporting Life" "We did bust