Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-18
.1O1 RANCH STARTS
LOADING ITS STOCK
go Baltimore LaborerS Catch
TrouperS by SurpriSe-EIe-
plants Are DoCiIe.

without waiting for an additional
court order to prevent interference by
the 400 unpaid troupers, the manage
ment of the 10I Ranch Wild West Show
secretly imported a crew of so men from
Baltimore today and by noon half the
equipment and stock had been moved,
preparatory to shipment back to Okla
koma.
The Ave elephants, said to be I'M
manageable except by their trainer.
Jack St Claire, were docile in the expert
enCed hands of Sidney Rink, colored
elephant trainer from the Robinson
Circus. With crowd expecting trouble
watching. Rink moved among the huge
beasts and herded them of the lot
They we're placed under nearby clump
OF trees, surrounded by a Gordon of po-
lice. to await loading of the show equip
'nent on the trains.
Court Hearing Continued.
Meanwhile hearing on the applica-
ton for enlargement of the injunction
granted to the trustees against the
stranded employees was continued until
tomorrow afternoon by Justice F. Dick
inSon Let's Of the District Supreme
Court. Attorneys Harry s. Barger and
Walter c. BalderSton, for the trustee.
told the court the show was in progress
Of moving and there had been no show
of opposition from the men, who
claimed $4,000 is due them in unpaid
wages.
Attorney Norman B Landreau, for the
II. i ~
init the filing of an answer and affida
Wits denying all the charges made in
the trustees application. He also re-
newed his application for appointment
OF a receiver. which had been denied
by Justice Cox
The Importation of the moving crew
from Baltimore caught the troupers by
surprise The firm of j. Norman Geipe
hired to load the show on the train
brought so lsborers to the lot in vans
about Z am. Under the direction of
"Egype" Thompson, veteran circus man,
the stands and big top" began coming
down and 1t was estimated the entire
job would be completed before night
The show people stood watching, but
no effort was made to interfere with
the laoorers, other than dropping caus-
tic iibes here and there.
Rink arrived about 1890 o'clock
Dun nook N h8nQ. Win IOuQ COM
mandS, slspS and digs with the hook,
he mastered the beasts without diff
Guilty Before he started working, how
ever. police cleared the elephant tent
Of all persons not employed there, IN
case the beasts made a break.
Humane Society Pleased.
representative OF the Humane So
ciety expressed satisfaction at the way
the animals were being handld.
Today marked the fourth attempt TO
move the equipment and stock. OF the
stranded show during the Is days it has
remained in Washington since the last
performance. The men refused TO move
the s1ow until approximately S2S 900 in
back wages was paid them and the
owners maintained they had no funds
with which to pay.
In TIE previous attempts to load the
! train. r1e laboreTs nave been disSuaded
by a few words from the show employees
Today. however, the troupers were
caught bv surprise and the Baltimore
crew reached the lot before any one had
chance o speak TO them
For an hour as the big top" came
down Teo Price. Oklahoma cowboy
troubsdor sang his farewell as he
Strummed on a guitar with hundred
comrades gathered about him. Then
he left TO board a freight, refusing to
go back home with the show train.
The troupers are shout evenly d.
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