, 1879-07-25

;lsc WorNcd tEcm y on Space lnc lastcf stss
II ncnrly al! now York papers. Those engaged
In TINT way get no regular salaries, but ara pnA
as tho rate OF fo much column for their work.
anf aa as RssG qsds + Is eoon ss n1 Te G pays s
an'l The Star pays a. In tho Trldr.ns ulI!co q
few men were under regular salaries, and upon
thrm foil tho bulk Of tic work. The "spnco
men" bad but little to do, and were poorly
There WINS ono gentleman In tho 7,ibr.nt's city
department WHO Ind tlie power to capture eot
q documents connccted with tho notorious
nnl a summary of these papers would have been
Of monetary willie to him. The city editor ono
afternoon aont the reporter for tic documents,
and whan fo brought thcm into tho ot,lcs took
man to summarize, thus getting PRINCIPAL part
Of tht work ont Of a member Of tho regular staff
n,,d paying ti,e .pace srtter only for tha bricf
ha'f,hous he hnd h9 enploys 1 getting hold Of
Of econontcnl measure, but held bis peace until
the documents wcEc ngain placcd In hia hands
with request that he Should restore them to
the ownsr The h. tnaienan'i refused to de
the establishment. and that he wahn't ctnplovc1
to run eTrands. lI0 volunteered, however, II
the 7Tibuns felt too poor to employ messenger
bn. lie faty dsel]nad 70 70 @ carry tie he papers GaeE
lnref. The reporters fnsubordfnntlon " led
10 fine and suspension from duty for a week,
III reply TO which sentence he sarcastteallr re-,
marked TINT IL the editor would make the prac.
Lee general ht might pay tho ent1Fo exnenscs OK
his paper ont Of the fines imposed upon its ctn-
plores.
The custom Of fln!ng writer's and suspendin9
them from duty with d dlscontinuancc Of salnry
soon suread into tho higher departments, and It
was not long he'oro the entire editorial torce
WINS under martial Inv. 1t Was about tho mort
ridiculous condition OF affairs ever seen in tho
otlce o. newspaper. Men whose years Of
BcrYlco had left recorJ]a of nbiIfty nj cnrneak
nttcn'ion 20 autF, anu ol uhdlstded fatthfulncss
10 uis interests OF The Gaper for which they
worked, Were placed under Surveillance Mt.
oneo humtiiath.E an'l tishcnrtcnfng. Pretty
much nlI the force gradually beeatno do
moral,Icd, nnu, wHere formerly they hn1
@ workeu Will anthuslaaus. ths men sayed with
tl'e so!s purpose o. earning tEsIr sasarea, mind
was ono gentleman IN the editotlal.room who
seemcu 70 10 the especial obIGct ri Nctd's
sllnits. Ac VA was writer 9! ability, thorough
gentleman, Anu man o1 faluc TO tile tnpcr. i
nesi meyer heg!seted M opportunity to "go'
ior LUIS Wrter, n,s1 he naesaphotically
kicked nm around the Office IKE foot-bail.
! nne n'ght colsos aleo hed nsoty time 81 It.
ltGils yelatohl Mas 10 1anso proofs Of al tic
editorial matter m IN the otllcg sent to Ills house
every nieht Iieee proofs no Wonlu iook over. .
nla aheh OF the art1eles as sl9 desired TO s'avo
pslnlea nc1t morning no would mafk "mlHt, !
proofs, as ihe5 were Known, usually numbered
irotn tcu 70 forty columns OF matter, and as 1t
was lstctatly Impossible to print moro than 0Tc
ur SIX coulhns OF editorials In any one issue OF
to lie oyer. Then u,e night editor would catch
It In an exceedingly lively way for ncglEctlnE to
obey instructions, nid II single day passed.
without It's reEulur "blonIrg up.nm ~ ho felt called
upon TO congratulate himself. This condition
ol thinEa leu to numbcr Of designations from
the stan Of the paper, nuh several Of its most
valuaec men, both In The editorial aud city do
IL n1H{ ia uncomfortable rrffnn IN 1nntn0
lhc TRIBUNE: voluntarily. One gentleman who
Ind done valuable ssrrIce for bis employers,
Elye na ll!s Iosit,on e e elsswhstc an! asked
~. Reid wrotc bin, il very friendly and dattcr-
lug trttcr Of parting, but has never sooArn OF
llslN save with scorM and contnmely since that
time. Another, who withdrew from the stnil,
IS isputine" The young editor for mouths
througt, the columns OF te paper he had charge
Of. a third. who departed Of his own yoit!on
IN the middle o[ ti!r week, was denied tlat pare
| that hts fnbor for that tfno llal been rather In
]urlous to the paper thun otherwise. Bulletin
boards wcrc put up IN prominent places about
the office, upon which letters signed BY tho
Tic al,t,rtcomlnss OF sonla unfortunate attaclto
atMl recording Ills line, OF Huspcnsiont Or dis
missal, Us tia case may he. \ military cpdet Mt
rela,iona to lls supctlnrs than are the gifted
gentlemen who wurls day ar1 night for the
"LenltEE American Newspaper
t For number Of months after MI. Reid be-
| was not known VINO had furnished him with tho
funds for coIsItumutinE the purchase. Tho
Timet tnssteI t''as Jay Gould was .hc man. and
nnh William Walter Phelps. Of New Jersey.
nht attes tsie 1fo"ne hau msiy Has'slen n!I.
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