HIGH HANDED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1617, 7 December 1912, Page 11

HIGH HANDED.

' A curious illustration of the trade union spirit, afforded by the action of a New. i'ork orchestra, is reported in the English newspapers.' .Miss Ada Reeve, tlio wellknown English singer, who has been appearing at the Colonial. Theatre, New •York, brought her own musical conductor, Mr. Workman, with her. -i'or tlio first two evenings Mr. Workman led . the orchestra without molestation, but the next night the musicians on strike, the reason which they gave being that he was not a member of the Amalgamated Musicians' Union of America. Mr. Workman, who is" a member of a similar English union, offered to . join the American, society, but his admission was refused, and the orchestra demanded his dismissal. Tlio difficulty, -to a certain extent, was overcome by a piano being placed on the stage, and Air. Workman accompanying Miss Ada Reevo as a pianist, while the orchestra'maintained a grim silence. In this way he became free from the jurisdiction of the society, which governs the actions of musicians only and not of artists. The American papers almost unanimously condemn the high-handed action of the union.