Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-21
KEEP 1T BEFORE TRAVELLERS
And Post Them About Tricky Train
Boys.
NeFARIous COMBINE.
Ar Organized Effort on the Part OF
Would.Be Rivals to Keep The
Bee Out OF the Hands or
Passengers.
Rribinr the Train RnYa.


press The BEE and push other papers, re-
ports have reached this paper from other
lines confirming the suspicion we have long
had of foul play on the part of tram boys and
news agents.
For the general information of those who
have not read the expose made by us, and
VINO may be ignorant of the ways aud means
which have been employed to keep TIE BEE
from circulating on railroad trains, we re-
produce the following sfrom our issue of FRI
day:
Two days ago young man came into the
counting room of The BEE and stated that he
wanted TO have confidential talk with the
manager of circulation. He talked right to
the point and explained that he wanted to
make some arrangement with this paper
whereby THE BEE would be pushed ahead
OF other papers on the trains. He said it
would cost The BEE about $500 to fee the
newsboys on tho Nebraska lines so as TO
make it an object for them to work the
paper. He admitted that The BEE was
everywhere in great demand ana tn 1t IL was
much easier to dispose of it than the Others
but owing TO the fact that other Omaha
papers were feeling the newsboys and maxi
ing it unprofitablo for them to sell THE BEE
at present it was placed ut great dis
advantage.
again and when he did so astenographcr was
in convenient place to take down what he
SAID. The following is the exact conversa-
tion between himself and the manager of
circulation. AS stated before, the young
man (whose name we deem best to suppress),
is employed on the Union Pacific road by
Barkalow Bros railroad news agents:
In what territory do Barkalow Bros.
operate.
In Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon and
all along that system, excepting the Southern
Pacific.
understood you to say, when you were IN
here before, that that paper had seen you
and fixed YOU
Ans.-Yes sir.
And You, in consideration of a certain
amount of money given you by them, sold
their papers i'll preference TO The BEE!
Yes sir.
You say that you gave the man, who goes
west from Rawllns, his papers at Rawlins.
'Yes sir. And then In coming back l eX-
change papers with No. 3, / also exchange
with trains and D. IL is my duty TO eX-
change with other news agents so many
papers.
Q.--In all cases in exchanging papers YOU
gave only a few BEES and more of other
papers.
Yes sir. Every time would come In |
would kick to have more of the other paper
than of THE BEE. In coming in this morning
] had only few calls for the other paper and
twenty-five for The BEE In coming in
this morning was pushing this other paper
and some one called me down on it AID said
that If did not stop it that Rosewauer would
be after me.
Q.-Tell me which paper it is that you are
pushing. Is 1t not the Republican?
Al didn't say what paper it was The
Republican is not the paper. The World
Herald is the paper that has been giving us
the money.
Q.-How long have you been on this runl
Al have been back two months now.
Q.-Where were YOU before this!
Al was in California for year.
Q.-Were they doing this before and after
the consolidation of the World-Herald:
A.-The Herald did it under the manage
ment of Merritt, and it was continued after
he went away, but the evening World did
not.
Q.-Who disburses this money!
Al don't know.
Q.-Don't you know who gave IL to you!
Al don't know the name of the man.
Q.-How often was the money paid.
A.-There was no set time for paying the
money. About $500 was paid i'll one month. l
received $50 myself. The other was given 10
the news agents west of North Platte.
Q.-Who saw you to fix this matteri
| Al didn't see anybody.
Q.-How do You know that this money came
| from the World-Heraldl
| A.-Because the man who gave me the
| money instructed me what to do with it.
Q.--How many men could you see.
Al could see them all west of North
| Platte. Iwould give papers to all men going
| west of Rawlins.
Q.-Have you been pushing the World
| Herald from the time of leaving Omaha!
A.-Yes. / go through the train with a
larger number of the World Herald under
| my arm and the World-Herald in my hand.
| OFF a passenger refuses to take it, what
| do YOU dos
Al don'tgive passengers THE BEE unless
| they insist upon it. We just give him n
| World Herald aud pass on and say nothing
| about it, We hX it SO that he gets the
World-Herald, but Of course if he
makes kick we give him The BEE
| But we tell him the World-Heraid is the
best paper in Omaha. In going through the
| train we always carry more World Heralds
than we do BEES, although The BEE is
| really in greater demand.
Q.-How many men do you suppose you
| could enlist in this scheme.
| Al can enlist everyone west OF Rawlins.
| 1t is not necessary to enlist them near
| Omaha. know there is a big g-umble on
| the west end about the World Herald: that
| Is, some of the boys Were promised money,
but didn't get it.
| O-Do YOU think it would be the proper
| scheme to give each of the boys stipend!
| Ayes, give them each so much and tell
| them just what to do, as have done for the
Word Herald in the past.
| Q.-You say that this arrangement was
| kept up by the Herald for one and a half
| years, and that it is the World-Herald that
| has been doing 1t ever since the consolida-
tion!
Q.-Do you know the man who gave you
| the money!
Al don't know his name, but knoy him
| by sight. When he gave me $50 he gave me
| instructions what TO do.
| Q-How have you been able to keep this
| matter from Barkalow.
| Alt don't make any difference to them
| so long as they sell so many papers, whether
| it was World Herald or not. 1t was "a very
| easy matter, as they did not care so long as
| the run brought in so much money.
| Q-How many boys are there west of
| North Platte who would have TO be fixed.
| A-1here are thirteen boys west of North
| Platte, and these boys have been working
| for the World Herald They met and ex-
| changed papers the same rs we moot and
| exchange. nhen we get new boy on we
| load him down with World-IIeralds and In-
| struct him 10 push them. All of these thir.
| teen boys would want $40 each, which would
| last for six months, and they would
then push TUE BEE just the same
as they push the WOrld-Hcrald
| My advice 20 you is TO get inn now, as the
| World. Herald is figuring on doing the same
| thing again. have kept faith with the
| World. Herald and would do the same with
! The BEE. / have always pushed the Herald
| and suppressed The BEE.
Q.-How do YOU fix it SO the passengers
don't see The BgEsl
Ave put the papers on top of our box in
| the smoking car, The BEES always at