Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
ATTEMPT TO MOVE
CIRCUS IS FAILURE
101 Ranch Troupers Watch,
Benefit Show Raises
$500 Fund.
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stage by Municipal Court Judge Robert
e. Mattingly. Clark w. Trammel, as
and Grace Usage, 1S, both Of Long
Dale, Okla, were the couple.
Other members Of the tribe staged
war dance. and actors in the troupe
went through roping, dancing and sing
| ing numbers.
Wrestling Bouts Held.
Three wrestling bouts were put on
involving Doc Wilson and Frank Speare
| George ZahariS and Jim Mcnamara
Lou Plummer and Dutch Greene
Benny Bortnick acted as referee for the
matches and Jimmy Lake as master Of
ceremonies for the show All of those
named donated their services Mr.. Tur-
ner donated the Auditorium In addi-
ton to the $500 reported. there will be
further sum representing sales OF
tickets by members Of the American
Legion.
Agents of the Washington Humane
| Society have been on the lot ever since
the show went stranded seeing to it that
the elephants, steers. horses and buffa-
loes did not go hungry. The show hands
have been on slender rations, two meals
day, and the animals have been on
| a similarly reduced diet It is said that
| they do not need as much food when
, Idle as when they are working in the
rodeos
The elephants. by the way, are prov
ing quite a problem. They have been
on half rations for IL days. and resent
the fact. Inspector Davis said he would
not allow them to be moved through the
streets without competent persons In
charge. One of them, Little Joe, "
won't move except for his trainer Jack
St Clair. Mr.. st. Clair said:
Trainer Demands Wages.
IT won't stir a hand until they pay
me the $2l0 they owe me-" So there
they are.
At least one more meal will be
served to the troupers, breakfast today.
Mitt Carol, in charge of the mess
tent. said that 200 pounds of meat
had been purchased for this meal. The
hands have been living recently on
funds donated by the American Legion
Today's breakfast will be the twelfth
since the show went on strike
The order forbidding the show work
ers to interfere with the transporta-
ton Of the circus was signed by Justice
=, Joseph w Cox. That jurist had a
rare legal puzzle before him. The
troupers had asked him to throw the
circus into receivership so that they
could get the back wages owing to
| them, amounting now to some SIS, 900
Justice Cox held that this would not
be to the best interests of all CON-
cerned. In receivership the property
would be under the control of the
, court, and a District court could not
very well follow the circus on its
rounds through the country. So he
H., rks N1.s -,
w. e. Rice, successor trustee under a
mortgage of the shows assets. the ap-
plication of which had thrown the
| troubles OF the show into court.
Justice Cox labored earnestly with
counsel for both sides in an effort to get
! them to make an out-of-court settle
ment, but both informed him this
would be impossible Finally he signed
| the injunction, remarking that since
the owners had agreed to transport the
workers back to Oklahoma, the latter
could adjust their legal grievances
| there. He pointed out that another
! legal difflculty in his way was that the
unpaid troupers had not reduced their
claims against the management TO
| Judgment.
Employees Plan Future.
The employees of the show were plan
ring for the future last night. The
majority Of the performers either had
suficient funds to tide them over or
had arranged for other engagements.
During the last few days the show
! lot at Camp MeigS has been visited by
booking agents for several rodeos and
| circuseS.
Candy" Hammond, owner of rodeo
| made q blanket offer to the cowboys
and cowgirls to board them for three
1 frs
N. j., and then give them jobs. A num-
Der accepted the offer.
Others are planning to join Kings
Rodeo, playing in Urbana, Ohio, while
| still others have obtained employment
with the California Frank Rodeo at
Atlantic City.
The situation Of the tent men and
roustabouts. who comprise the majority
of the employees, is more serious, how