Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-25
THE LATE GLOBE
An Inside Description of Its
Managemeut-Cause OF Hts
Collapse.

Carson Appeal.
A couple Of weeks ago a tramp
printer stopped at the Appeal Office to
apply for a situation. He was fur
nished with temporary employment,
which enabled him to secure a few
nights lodging and meals to match.
lie was a printer who, a few weeks
ago., had been one of the eighteen
proprietors of the Daily Globe, which
recently suspended in San Francisco,
and gave a full description of its in
side workings and management under
a pledge OF secrecy and a promise that
no use should be made Of the infor-
nation until he had reached Salt
Lake, where he now is.
The journalistic venture was found
ed by the printers who refused some
months ago to accept a reduction of
wages on the Chronicle. Charles De
Young reduced the wages from fifty
to forty-6 five cents per thousand ems,
and in consequence a number of print
ers left his employ and started a paper
Of their own called the Globe. 1t
gave fair promise Of success, and to all
outward appearances was a well man
aged and we'll edited newspaper. Its
main purpose was to kill the ChrOni-
Gle, and the enemies Of the latter
paper stood in" quite literally at the
start. Let the story, however, be told
in the language of the narrator.
"Who ran the c~Oncern?"
81 did, for one" said the wandering
print. Then there was Lynch and
Brooks aud Woods, and all the bal
ance. When the force were all on
deck it had eighteen bosses, besides
the reporters and editors"
"Who edited the paper?"
Il did-and the rest of the gang.
W. all took a hand. Some man would
be setting up an article and see some
friend given a deal. He would walk
up to the imposing stone and yell out,
in blazes is this2" Then the
boys would all quit work and collect
around the stone. Some would think
that the mar the article went after
was a gentleman, and the rest would
think he was a snoozer. Then we
would row over the matter half an
hour or so, and pretty soon a couple
would jeff to see whether the item
went in or not. Each day the editors
and reporters got their instructions
from eighteen OF their regular bosses
and their assistants. | kept track of
the regulars, but split on the subs
Each man had a policy. | had two.
Some had more. No particular policy,
but a general sliding scale to fit any
circumstances"
did the Globe roll along pretty
well at irst?"
Yes, it swelled up'big. Subscrip.
tons came in lively, ads we're brisk,
and for a spell the great question was
what to do with so much money. We
talked of buying a building to move
Into. Presently, however, the expenses
began to chaw us up. Then it wasn't
so much a question what to do with the
money, but where to get it. Some of.
the boys were sticking type at the
and some were rustling about on
the outside. Somehow, the outsiders
seemed to dress better and eat at bet
ter restaurants than the insiders.
Curious, wasn't it2 guess we galley
at the case didn't clear over 81
a week.
did you dabble in politics.
"Oh, yes, we ran most Of the poll
tics there for awhile. We had demo-
Gratis, republicans, greenback and
Kearney men on the managerial force.
We diGn't agree for awhile, but COM
promised on a sort of democratic
Kalloeh- Kearney platform. The dem
ocratic central committee gave US
$500 in political printing, and owed
us $1,000 when we busted. Some of
the politicians offered us 5000 cash
down for the paper. We didn't ex-
pect over $1,000, but after that offer
we had a meeting and raised the price
TO Si0,G39. Some Of the boys wanted
to get the pegs up to $4,000, but were
outyoted. | was one that wanted to
settle on $4,000. Have ye gota chew
of tobacco? If | had a cent I'd buy
my own. Well, the $4,000 PROPOSE
ton fell through, and then the demo-
Gratis bought the Examiner. After
that things went by the board and we
began to lose interest in politics.
Then some Of the typos got sick and
we ran short Of managers. Then we
ran short of coin, and we we're sorter
short all round. Then we shut up
shop and gave the other papers a
show. We had lots of fun, though.
Ill walk down to Reno tonight and
see if | can't geS to Salt Lake. |
know a conductor that knocks down
On the fares, and if he doesn't pass
me in the Pullman I'll Brighten him
to death. Next time l start a paper
I'll do it on borrowed capital, and
don't you let that idea fall out Of
your head till | SCI you again."