Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-22
BURLESQUERS IN TROUBLE.
The Head Music Man Appropriated
 the Music

1 the Music.
 | The Royal Burlesquers. who were l billed for a matinee at Polls this
 afternoon, failed to burlesque, owing | to a gigantic disturbance in the com
 rany The music was seized this
 morning in Springfield by one of the i orchestra. a Mir Redgate, who plays | the trombone. or anything else, it
 makes no difference what. so that it
 is q musical instrument. When. ac-
 corIng to the bills, they should have
 been shining behind the footlights at Poli's this afternoon, d large number of the company was in Prosecutor | Durant's office making all kinds of
 noise. They were on the verge of com
 hitting a breach of the peace several 1 times. From the excited accounts given of the disturbance, the follow
 ing was gleaned: All the members of
 the company are obliged to give two
 weeks notice when they intend to quit
 and the manager. r. s. Clark, of New l York, is holden to the same provision when he desires to rid the aggregation,
 of burlesquers of any of them. There
 is no provision made for allowing one
 member striking another ard even the
 manager is denied that privilege
 l Redgate, the alleged versatile musi- 1 clan, claims there are three days sal ary due him. He claims to have made
 repeated demands upon the pnrser and he demanded in vain. This morning.
 while leaving Springfield. en route for this city. he took advantage Of an Op- portunity and seized all the music.
 This meant no further performance un- til the surrender of the music What
 made Redgate madder than failure to | get his wages was an assault made 1 upon him a few nights ago by the
 manager. He holds that this vacated his contract with the Royal Burles- | quers. and his only way to get re- venge. Mir Clark being about twice as heavy as he is, was to get possession of the music.
 The other side to this story claims | ingratitude on the part of the trom- l bonist. It is said that while the Bur | lesQuerS were in Kansas, the home of | Mrs Carrie Hatchet Nation. and where
 the women are tall when the potatoes | are small. they met a lady named I Belle Taylor. who claimed to be look l ing for the ghost that never walked It was easier to do this than walk to New York. Miss Taylor was taken on l in the chorus and. arriving at Wash | ington, she and the trombonist, Red | gate, who was now promoted leader of the orchestra. became one There upon Redgate'S sweetest music was 1 for his wife. The Burlesquers claim | that the cause of Mir Clark's assault | ing him the other evening was his ob- | Stinacy in playing the wrong music for
 all the performers but his alleged
 wife. Nothing, they say. could induce | him to give them the right music, and the consequence was that there was | hot old time in the company. Any | one at all acquainted with things the | atrical is aware what a rumpus a mu- | sician can raise by playing the music | improperly or poorly. Patience final | ly ceasng with Manager Clark. he | jumped upon Redgate and wiped the l stage floor and the green room with | hiR. AIr Clark. it is claimed by mem-
 bers of the company. took up Redgate when he did not know enough to play | tin whistle. and the ingratitude of 1 him now in keeping the music of the company has almost broken Clarks heart. The RurlesquerS. when in Mr l Durant's office. looked as though they | would like to jump on Redgate. They | could get very little satisfaction from | the law. the alleged theft of the mll- | sic having been committed in MaSSa- | chusettS. Redgate and his alleged | wife. who is tall enough to be q Kan | SaS woman. when coming down the | elevator, said they had the company
 tied up and they appeared to appre-
 ciate it. The situation looked bright | this afternoon for a performance of some kind this evening"