PLT RPT; B727; GATE AGENTS TRIED TO BOARD PAX ON THROUGH FLT WITH JUST 1 CABIN ATTENDANT ON BOARD. CAPT INTERVENED UNTIL CABIN SAFETY CHKS HAD BEEN DONE.

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AFTER LATE ARR IN DEN WITH AN AIRPLANE CHANGE; I ARRIVED AT THE GATE FOR FLT XXX. (MY COPLT AND FE WERE ALREADY ON BOARD.) AT THE DOOR TO THE JETWAY WERE 3 FLT ATTENDANTS WHO HAD JUST ARRIVED FROM ANOTHER FLT; AND THEY WERE ARGUING WITH 2 GATE AGENTS; WHO WANTED TO BOARD THE ACFT. THE AGENTS SAID THAT SINCE IT WAS A 'THROUGH FLT' (FLT NUMBER HADN'T CHANGED); THAT ALL THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO BOARD WAS THE 1 FLT ATTENDANT WHO WAS ALREADY ON BOARD. THE SOLO FLT ATTENDANT; WHO WAS FAIRLY NEW; DID NOT WANT TO BOARD A FULL ACFT ALONE; PARTICULARLY SINCE SAFETY CHKS HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THE FO HAD SUPPORTED HER AND RELAYED THIS TO THE GATE AGENTS. THE OTHER 3 FLT ATTENDANTS ALSO EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN OVER BOARDING WITH 1 FLT ATTENDANT AND NO SAFETY CHKS. WHEN I ARRIVED; THE AGENT WAVED A PIECE OF PAPER IN MY FACE AND SAID; 'ALL WE NEED IS ONE.' I SAID; 'I CONSIDER THAT TO BE UNSAFE.' I WENT DOWN THE JETWAY WITH THE OTHER 3 FLT ATTENDANTS AND AFTER THEY HAD DONE THEIR CHKS; WE BOARDED THE ACFT. A FLT MGR CALLED ON THE JETWAY PHONE; APPARENTLY TO HARASS ME; BUT I IGNORED HIM BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY.