The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-04
MORE TROUBLE
FOR "CORIANTON"
Misses Craig and Due Refuse to
Play Their Parts.
ATTACH BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS
PLOT AND COUNTER PLOT BOTH
ON AND OFF THE STAGE.

There is more plotting against Corian-
ton in front of the footlights than back
Of them. Back of the stage only Corian-
tons life is In danger AT the box office
they have been cOusDiring 90 deprive him
OF his earnings. The trouble came yes
terday. when Violet Craig and Ida Due
each put in a claim of $50 for back sal
airy which they claim Is due them
Through their attorney, Richard Hartley
tney made demand Upon MT- hatcher
Yesterday morning IOr fha money. SAT-.
Thatcher sent back WOrl 90 toe Young
women that ne ula noe owe them amy
thing.
The management was notified that uu-
less the money was forthcoming the girls
would not go on the stage for the evening
periOrm3uc-. This threat seems to have
peeu ignored, ana instead of dealing with
The legal representative of the young WO-
men, the management, u Is alleged en-
gagged hack and mace search Tor the
actresses. They could not be found. and
al o clock Mr.. Hartley uOuted the peO-
pie in the box office that hls clients
would not so on the stage unless they
received the money due them. me
money was not paid and AN attachment
was put on the DOX receipts. Mr.. Hart
ley says he was unable 10 recover any
thing for his clients. because the opera
house had u previous claim of 81 ,iOJ
Last evening Mr Either. who plays the
part of COriantOn, appeared before the
curtain and announced that violet craig
and Ida Due had refused 20 play their
parts on the ground that the company
owed them 500. He said that a shyster
lawyer had attached the box office re-
Ceipts He offered 10 return the money
III the audience did not care 10 remain
Arrangements, he said. had been made 70
give the play In It's entirety This was
done By having Miss Boyer double In two
parts and pressing Miss Levy into serV-
Mr.. Either said that he had played on
Broadway. Philadelphia and other places.
but that this was the first place that he
had been treated so shabby lie mas
an engagement at the close Of the sea-
son and viii go 20 New York He lhlHAs
the girls have done him an injustice.
They claim that $500 is due them but
hc claims that they were paid various
amounts after Mr.. Thatcher came 10 The
rescue of the company al Helena, ana
that less than $50 Is due them. Mr..
Either Is a large man, with large arms
that are nodded like woman S. nm
talking he gesticulated as if he were
acting a part on the stage.
Miss Craig's Story.
Miss Craig was found mt her aTart-
ments She says that Mr. Thatcher came
10 the rescue Of the company at Helena.
She signed an agreement with others by
which she was 10 receive SIS Tor her eA-
penses every week and her fun salary
eff IL was taken In at the box office.
Mr. Either treated Us Just terrible.
she said. -Oh. yes. hr did. He was
lust terrible. And the language he used.
Oh. he used the most ungentlemanly lam
guage. Wen, no gentleman would use
u. To was terrific. D as, lL was Auu
we had an that money coming. too. II
was just terrible. Today they tried TO
get us To como back They sent around
carriages FOR as, but they could not find
'They thought" said Mr.. Hartley,
that they would get around the girls
and make IL an right ] went TO them
several times yesterday and told them
that N they would pay part OF the sal
airy 10 show their good faith that the
girls would go on, hut this they refused
10 DO. There was some dispute about
$50 of the money, and I informed them
that I would throw off the $50 lf they
would pay the sirls the other 800
Last night Mr.. Thatcher called on Miss
Due at her home and made her feel that
be was the wrOnged party. She begged
his forgiveness for asking Tor her pay
and he told her that 'it she wanted 10 he
would allow her 20 go on the stage to-
night, She renewed her wish 10 Doe Ior-
given for trying 20 get her pay, and MI
Thatcher told her De would give her
another chance and let her go on the
stage Ho said he wanted 10 do what
was RIGHT in the matter.
"Tn San Francisco" said Miss Craig
last night some of the girls did not
have enough 90 eat. They were Co pay
the prinCnals SIS FOR expenses. ana the
ballet So Do you think they did it2 No
some Of the girls did not have street
ear fare and had TO walk WHY say. al
one time there was fl25 in the box. The
high five. as thev were called. divided
the money and the rest of Us didn't get
ANYTHING. u was just terrible. And Mr.
Either he was just awful The syndi-
cate claims it naid all &C. owed ms. but
we didn't see any OF the money"