Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-05
THE PIONEER BAND
GOtS INTO COURT
J. NJ. Shott and Others Sued by the
Majority MemberS fer the Recovery
of Bard Property.

Manager Frank White and the
members OF the Pioneer band. 10 the
number OF twentv-six. Yesterday
brought suit against J. VI. Shot. ia
cob Shot George Stewart and Alex
| Fiqueroa. for the recovery Of $3.50 al
/ legged To belong to the band ana sup
posed to be in the Valley Bank. and
for all the band instruments and band
music that may be in the possession
% tho defendants.
/ This Is the outgroWth of the band
| troubles that have been more or loss
before the people FOR some time in
which there were two factions. each
alleging that it was ;hc band. one
/ faction is represented by the plaintiffs
and the other by the defendants. Ac-
/ cording to the story az The plaintiffs.
II is the outgrowth Of a movement that
| has been growing for a long time for
/ Il better organization. or as they say
| for organization against sclf-declarcd
! authority on the part Of Mr.. Shott.
/ The latter is one of the oldest mem
! bers ana they saw has for many
months assumed himself to bc the
! manager. secretary and everything
| else. that Lee made collections ard did
| Just as h. pleased without consult
! ing the rest of the band Finally the
matter Of organizing and having bet
! ter system ana officers who should
| have some regular tenure. was breach
/ ed and Mr.. Shott seemed to be in IA
: vlr Of il. \ meeting WAS held ut
which h. was present ana made n
very satisfactory speech. At "a later
meeting after Frank White was elect
/ ed chairman for the evening. com
mittoe was appointed To wait on Mr..
I Shott ana secure the books and prop
/ crty Of the band. II. refused To- turn
/ anything over or recognize their au-
thority. Later Mr.. White was made
manager. and in a discussion Of band
matters the absence OF certain mU-
sic. instruments. etc could not be ac-
counted for though IL was supposed
the property was i'm a little room in
I the city hall which the band had been
privileged 70 use. They discovered
that Mr.. Shot. So they allegc. had put
his private lock and key on the room
. The band then in n body. except the
absent faction mentioned above. broke
open the lock and discovere! that the
music ard instruments We're gone.
They contend that IL is their prop
erty and they had a right To know
where it was. In response 10 this ac-
ton threats We're made OF their ar
rests for burglary which. however.
have not frightened them. and now
they have asked tho court t. say who
the property belongs 10 and restore IL
70 its owner.
They do not make charges Of dis
honesty AGAINST Mr.. Shot I'm his con-
duct of the band business heretofore.
nor have they any desire 10 kick him
out 90 the organization. They say
that if hs is ont Of fl he has kicked
-iuself ont. hut all tho want Is an
organization that has regularly ch0s-
IN officers Cor stated terms. and that
the business may be conducted in
way that the members may know
what is going on. whore the money
comes from ana how il is expended |
and that the majority vote of tho
members shall govern in band affairs /
rather than that the whole company
shall go o. come I'm accordance with |
tho dictates Of very small faction /