New-York tribune., 1909-01-18
SPECULATORS PACIFIC
.Sidezcalk Ticket Sellers Wdnt to
Make n greement sCith Managers.

The speculators IN theatre tickets have taken A
new view OF life and OF their trade They WISH no"
tn center into" an agreement with the theatrlcal
managers and other amusement promoters Ihey
are willing to meet the managers half way, to re-
mind some of them that the spectators were not
always in disfavor and inform them that persons
their profession are valuable assets 10 the
community In general and 10 the box ofice In par
ticuar Their organizatlon-only a real specula tor
NAV Become n nember-met yesterday afternoon AT
Lyric Hall and discussed with becoming dignity
their numerous grievances
David Marks chairman Of the executive commit
tee presided He advised the members to conduct
their affairs with that "businesslike nlien that Is
personaed IN the American citizen 1t was the
sense OF the assemblage that three OF its members
should be selected 20 confer with the heads OF the
various Thea trica firms and do their best TO BRING
about cordial unanimity between them and the
speculators. Another meeting will be held Wednes-
5ay afternoon Meanwhile the association Will
make advances 20 the managers looking 10 speedy
adjustment Of every question in dispute
Before The meeting adjourned tidings OF JOY were
received with rapturous applause. Magistrate FINN
presiding in the Jefferson Market court discharged
five members of the association who We're arrested
Saturday afternoon in front OF Keith & Proctor ;
Fifth Avenue Theatre q charge OF dlsorderiy
copd,,c, Tho magistrate held that the charge
against them was not proved He said that II any
evidence had been presented 10 show that 'he
Spectators had annoyed persons entering inc 'Iie
atre he would have fined them
Four men were arrested last night while seiiins
tickets for the concert at the Manhattan opera
House and when arIaigned later before magistrate
House I'm the night court were hned - each on
the charge of violating the section Of the PENAL
Code which forbids selling any article on the nrst
day OF the week, commonly called suhaaE- De
tective NcCIvnn OF the West 9th street station.
who made the arrests brought the prisoners oeiore
the magistrate On the charge Of violating cor
poration ordinance forblddng ticket speeulating'
but et the advice OF Magistrate House changed ''e
charge The men paid their hhes' - .,
The men arrested were Alfred Beecher. OF No u
West nth street: Harry Seldman. OF No 2S West
gst street; David Leonard. OF No. 30 East S's'
street and Edward Dunn, OF No. % washington
street.
when Beecher was arraigned he told the maelS-
trate that he was selling tickets I'm the hallway o;
a house near the opera house; that he had secured
the permission OF the owner OF the house 10 sen
tickets IN the hallway and that. inasruch as he
was on private property and not IN the street ne
thought he had the right TO sell the tickets
You have no right to sell an article In private
hallway nor anywhere else on sunday. said Mag
!s.rate House. You are guilty by your own @1-
mission. and / fine you IS
Wen why don't YOU arrest and fine the man
that sells tickets in the box office on Sunday
asked Beecher.
Il am not running the Police Department re-
piled the magistrate but II you DO not care to &C
cept the advice / gave you, you need not, but II
YOU come before again on the same chaIss !
shall not you off with s. fine, out me you $iV-
|, Later IN the evening Barnett FeInbtrB' OF No
So West 1f5th street. was taken 10 the West Sith
street station, charged with selling theatre tickets
House. He gave bail FOR his appearance IN the
West Side court TO-DAY