The Portland daily press., 1880-02-23
A New spaper War.
THE SUNDAY SUN AND SUNDAY NEW
ERA HAVE A PITCHED BATTLE.
The Case to Come Before the Municipal
Court.

A little episode occurred at the office of he
New Era yesterday morning that was not down
on the bills.
Mr.. Chas. Gosse tells the following story of
the affair: 1t appears that dispute arose be.
tween the publishers of the Sun, Messrs.
Gosse Bros, and j. F. Turner, Secretary of
the New Era Publishing Company regar ding
the amount to be paid Turner for work per
formed on the Sun the Sunday previous. The
New Era Publishing Company were under
contract to do the press work on the Gosse
Bros paper at certain price per ream, with
an additional stipulated amount of three dol
lars as an extra bonus for Sunday morning
work. On the Sunday previous the press of
the New Era Publishing Company broke down
while running off the Sunday Era and the
Gosse Bros made arrangements to print the
outside OF their paper at the Advertiser office
after the Sunday Times was printed Mr.. Geo.
Gosse, therefore, rendered to Mr.. Turner the
price pro-rata per ream for printing one side of
the Sun on that occasion, this being the only
work performed by the Era Company on that
edition, and refusing to pay him, Turner, for
work performed by the Advertiser people, in
asmuch as he, Mr.. Gosse, had employed them
himself, and declining to pay any bonus for
Sunday work to the Era Company as they had
performed none. To this, however, Mr.. Tur-
ner objected and claimed at first the full price
as usual, but finally suggested that he might
make small allowance. Mr. Gosse would
make no concession, and Mr.. Turner demand
ed the full amount yesterday morning before
he would allow the outside of the paper to be
printed. Mr.. Geo. Gosse akened his broth
er Charles, who was at this time asleep In their
own office, and acquainted him with the facts
of the case and suggested the use, again, of
the Advertiser press, but limited that Turner
might refuse to relinquish the half printed
sheets OF the Sun then in his possession. Mr..
Chas. Gosse, however, announced his determ
ination to remove their property if he chose
and suggested that if Mr.. Turner interfered a
broken head might be the result, and to Judge
from the style and manner of the two gentle
men there is no question as to whose head
would be likely to get fractured. Mr.. Chas.
Gosse entered the Era Office and was about to
remove their half printed sheets when Mr..
Turner interfered and told Mr.. Gosse that they
could not be removed. Mr.. Gosse being
crowded and finally forcibly pushed by Turner
he seized him by the neck and matters began
to assume lively appearance.
At this time young man named Charles
Lorrette, employed as foreman in the New
Era Office, concluded he would take hand,
and Selling an iron bar he stepped forward to
strike Mr.. Chas. Gosse, when his brother
George, perceiving the possible danger of such
blow, Event for the young man in scientific
style. Lorrette, however, did not allow his
antagonist to approach but struck at him re-
peatedly with the iron bar which he still held
in his hand, and one blow barely grazed Mr.
Geo. Gosses head and hit him on the arm.
Meanwhile the other couple. who had made no
further demonstration, were separated by one
of them, Mr. Gosse throwing the others off land
Turner ordering his foreman to desist from
further attacks, and the Gosse brothers moved
their property, unmolested further, to their
own office. AT the opening of hostilities Mr.
Turner sent to the police station for an officer.
The Goss brothers then transported their ma
terial to the Advertiser office and printed their
usual edition at about o'clock. Mr. Turner,
however, had Chas Gosse arrested for assault,
and Mr.. Chas. Gosse also preferred the same
charge against Mr. Turner, as he alleges that
Torner laid hands on him first. Lorrette has
been, or will be arrested by Geo. Gosse for
assault with dangerous weapon, and alto
gether the quarrel promises to become very in
teresting, both parties we understand employ
ing able council. We are also informed that
the Gosse brothers propose to bring suits
against Turner for damages in delaying their
newspaper forms on this and previous oc-
casions.
Mr.. Turner's friends say that Mr. Turner
paid the Advertiser for printing the Sun on
the Sunday the New Era press broke down,
and that when Mr.. Gosse came to Mr.. Turner
to print Yesterdays Sum- Mr.. Turner told Mr.
Gosse he could not print the paper until Gosse
had paid him what he owed. Turner denies
the assaults on the Gosse brothers.