The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-30
War of Races Among the Hewsboys

The Atlanta Georgia. Herald. in much
much distress of miod, thus presents the
ituation forced upon an important class OF
that community
1.-The manager of the Herald Office, who
from behind the tranquil counter studies
| the moods of the Heraid's customers, has
been alarmed for some days past at uamis
taxable signs Of disarproval of either his
/ course, or the course CT the great paper
| whose finances he manage.
These shrewj, hot headed, young Arabs
| have trans acted their business of late in a
.cornful and forbijding way, that, to his
calm eye, foreboded a storm.
They used to come bursting into the Office
10 jolly, ilarrm-scarum way, their faces
bright with the fresh air of dawn, and their
eyes kindled 10 the mornings first flush
and fling down their shiDpiasters with soin-
such cheerful rems rk
Skin me out twenty o your best, old
man 2
Or some such affectionate inquiry as:
How does the old thing wiggle to day 7
boss?
Or tender piece of advice Ike
Colonel, it Id be good for yer to make
them locals slap in little more O. the red
hot
For the past week, though, its all
changed. In a stately and sullen way
they march up to the counter. With the
air of ragged princes they slap the money
down, aud, with condescensiUn beaning
from every feature
'Gemme tex =
On Sunday the storm burst.
la the calm and hush Of the Sabbath
morning two intrepid little rasca,s-a com
mittee from back alley commune walk ed
up to the counter /:
MIR. Smith, you've got t. quilt selling
papers to niggers =
The declaration Of war was made-an
uitimatum plumply spit out.
Quit selling papers to regroes . Why ?"
We'll, we've all settled that We won't
run with niggers. The Constitution won't
sell to niggsrs, and their boys laugh at US
when We have to boiler the Hearaid long
side o. black felers. Them niggers don't
know nothing bout the business. Men
cheat EN- and scare EN- out, and git their
papers for nothin' almost. You never see a
Niger boy hardly ever thai kiu tell whether
he male anything or not when he's sold
out. A heap of men won't buy from US
they wait for niger boys cause they know
they can cheat them out and git the news
for nothin. We won't run with EN-.
You must quit selIn' to err
But would it be right to refuse the little
darkeys Il chance to make their living ?
said the mellow hearted manager.
oh yes sir! You see tLev run the
street carts. They have this job, and they
won't let a white in. You never see
white fellow pushing a street cart, cause
the niggrrs won't let 'cm. One or two
white ones has tried It, and they drive en-
cut. They break his cart, and catch him
of, and whip him. and rock him, and tell
lies oa him, till he has TO quit. Now,
our boy'ts had talk aboLt il, aud is
determined, as the niggers keep us out Of
the street cart business, that we will keep
them ont of the paper business 1t amt
no use to VIII p EN-. They don't mind it,
less you uenriv killed TN and then the
police viii catch yen. So We fixed up to
cum- and tell you. you musr,'t let 'em have
any papers when they cal for EN- and
you mustn't. We wont run. with EN- at
all
The manager promised to take the mat
ter under the serious consideration it
merited, and the adv ;cates OF the Arabs
retired. A. they passed ont Of the door,
one of them threw in par,in. shout
i say, som O these niger feiicrs is run
ming the boot black business, too. There
amt white boy in it, Remember that -