The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
90 POLICE MEET MASCAGNI.
SHEPHERD MS ORCHESTRA
SAFELY TO HOBOKEN.
Ne Mittenthai wits or Musical Union
Bombs in the Way. hut the Orchest: a
Strikes Twice for Cash and Gets II
--Sleuths In the strikers Places.

--sleuths In the strikers Places.
Pietro Mascagni and his orchest "a fddlcd
10 New York and slept in Hoboken last
night and bar or two was cut out Of the
last piece, Hymn t. the Sun" 70 that the
players might get out Of the jurisdiction of
the New York courts before midnight and
the end Of Sunday Mascagni feared
writs from his old friends and former man.
ayers. the Mittenthal Bros.
That Hymn to the Sun" wouldn't have
bern cut IL the performance had not besn
made late by two strikes by the musicians
for pay and by the refusal Of Signora
Bianchhi Cappelli TO go on and sing her
srias
But everything came out right in the
end ana the musicians won their race against
time and the process servers 10 the ferries
Mayor Low and Police Commissioner
Partridge got this telegram yesterday
from New Haven
Mascaeni and opera company. 100 people.
arrive at Grand Central Station at 4:25.
fear personal violence Tor them from men
who have resorted TO intimidation. false
arrests and perjury. Please provide ample
police protection for escort.
RICHARD HEARD
Heard is Mascagni's new manager, who
1t the request Of the composer and Of the
italian Consul in Boston. took charge Of
the company when Mascagni had his
trouble in that city with the Mittenthal
brothers
The police protection was ample. Fifty
plain. clothes cops. in command Of smiling
Dick Walsh mot the musicians at the sta
ton. There was nobody else in the station.
Mascagni wouldn't come through the gate
from the train platform until Detective
Petrosini assured him in Tuscan that none
Of the sleuths was a musical union man
with bomb or q Mittenthal man with a
writ.
Then MascaCni and his secretary and the
Italian detective from Mulberry street
got into a carriage and drove TO the Herald
Square Theatre. M&scagni insisted on
having the carriage curtains drawn tight
all the way.
Tho 100 musicians with their escort Of
fifty cops followed on foot, three abreast
with sleuth between every two musicians.
The line OF march was down Fifth avenue
TO Thirty fourth street. Capt, Walsh led
the way with the first and second violins.
The Captain said that 1t was the damndest
hddleeticks he'd ever had in the police
business.
Mark Harrigan brought up the rear with
the cymbals and the thunder-clap gong
man. Most of the way the line marches
In the middle Of the avenue because the
musicians shuddered so every time they
passed a cross street
At the theatre ten of the sleuths were
relieved for one hour TO 60 and get their
evening clothes, wherewith to ornament
the stalls aud boxes. The other forty
se,ths were scattered in the sack-coat
regions of the theatre They were re-
enforced by ten men in uniform who sat
on the circular touches back OF the or
chestra seats and dozed through "Dio
Possente' but woke up during La Forga
del Destino.- when one Of them discovered
that by punching the chest Of the lay figure
OF woman he could get stream of per-
got H In line and md p s s themsives cups
The ten plain-clothes men in evening
dress had harder job. They filled in
some of the vacant places on the stage
after the second strike.
After the rehearsal and before the per-
Torrance che 100 musicians and the fifty
cops all went to a quick lunch restaurant
In Sixth avenue and had everything charged
to the company.
The proprietor Of the restaurant came
over to the theatre In the middle of the
performance with lis bill. He had $40 81
cha ged against tina fifty sleuths and only
el4.3o against the musicians. Manager
Heard went to the box Office and got $50 SO
and paid up. Then he told Capt Walsh
what he thought Of his hungry cops.
But that rSt4Aurant bill was the least
OF the Managers troubles. The show Was
scheduled for 8 O'Clock. None of the play
e-s would 60 ON until tho bunch got $500,
duo them for Saturday nights performance
in New Haven.
Mascagni argued and so did Heard, but
that wouldn't do. Then Heard sent to the
box Office for $780, which he distributed to
the players. The curtain went up at $50
O'Clock and there were no more troubles
until the fourth number was reached when
Signora Bianchini Carpelli refused to go
on. Ten minutes more were lost in arguing
with her and then Signora Fernetti was put
on in her place.
Then there was another strike by the
musicians. who wanted 500 cash, subito.
for last nights performance.
The manager offered them 500 and prom
ised TO pay the other In Hoboken. That
satisfied all but three of the players. who
wouldn't 60 on again without full pay for
that nights job.
Mascagnis secretary ran around back
Of the stage in frenzy to Ali those three
vacant chairs
Capt. Walsh offered three of his men,
Detective Mulcshy spoke right up before
he was asked and said he wouldn't play
a damn thing II he couldn't have harp.
Capt. Walsh reprinanded him and then
assigned Detectives Charlie Baxter, Cullen
and o Connor to ait in the hack row and
look like musicians.
Baxter held up bull fiddle from which
the secretary removed all the strings and
Culleen and OConnor held to their mouths
tubes which had been plugged.
When Capt Walsh was asked what the
situation was he said:
There have been two strikes. three
oops are on bases. but Mascs gui's still at
the bat"
The show was over at 1880, Ten minut es
later the musicians ard Mascasn were
bundled into cabs and one furniture van
with their instruments and driven to the
ferry, followed 10y two process servers in a
cab, on chance Of their rot getting out Of
New York by midnight, They did, though.
and will 60 TO ScraItc' TODAY.
Yestsndsy was Nascagais birthday. The
orchestra latter 1t got its 5000 presented the
chain To b i'm.