Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-19
A NEWS BOYS COMBINE. "
Bribed BY tho World-Herald to
Suppress the Bee.
THE WHOLE SNAP GIVEN AWAY.
For $500 Train News Boys Syste-
maticaiIy Force Other Omaha Pa
pers Upon Passengers VINO
Ask For Tho Bee.
Bushwhacking Competition.

stant complaints received at this office OF the
difficulty in procuring copies of Tue BEE on
various trains in and out of Omaha.
These complaints have been coming in
more frequently during the past few weeks.
Whenever inquiry was made of the man
ayers of the railroad news companies the
reply was invariably made that thoy had all
the papers they needed
But in spite OF the scarcity of BEES on tho
different railroad trains there was always u
number of papers returned at the end of the
month marked "unsalabo" by the news
agents. This, of course, was partially ex.
planned from the fact that the newsboys pick
up papers once sold on the train and returned
them as "unsoid." TnE BEE has insisted
however, that there was something radically
wrong and that a newsboys' combine was
made against TnE BEE and in favor of its
Omaha competitors.
In consequence The BEE was compelled
through its editorial columns to call on pa
irons TO report to this Office all failures to get
copy of THE BEE on the trains.
AT last we are in possession of evidence
which proves conclusivcly that methods
have been used to suppress The BEE and to
sell other Omaha papers in preference. Two
days ago young man came into the count
ing room of The BEE ana 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 the 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 t it was
much easier to dispose of it than the Others
~
papers were feeling the newsboys and max
ing it Improbable for them to sell TUE BEE
at present it was placed at great dis
advantage.
The Young man was requested to call
again and when ho did so stenographcr was
in convenient place to take down what he
SAID. The following is the exact convcrsa-
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.
operatei
In Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon and
all along that tsystem, excepting the Southern
Pacific
understood you to say. when you were IN
here before that that paper had seen you
and fixed you'
Ans.-Ges sir.
And YOU, in consideration of a certain
amount of money given YOU by them, sold
their papers in preference to The BEE.
Yes sir.
You say that you gave the man, who goes
west from Rawllns, his papers at Rawllns' :
''Yes sir. And then III coming back | eX-
change papers with No. 3, ! also exchange
with trains 2 and 5. 1t is my duty to ex-
change with other news agents so many
papers.
On all cases in exchanging papers YOU
gave only few BEES and more of other
papers.
Yes sir. Every time l would come IN l
would kick to have more of the other paper
than of TIE BEE. In coming in this morning
] had only few calls for the other paper and
twenty-five for The BEE In coming in
this mornlnG | was pushing this other paper
and some one called me down on it aLd said
that If | did not stop it that RoseWater 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.
O.-How long have you been on this run?
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.-,fhe 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 it to you?
Al don't know the name of the man.
Q.-How often was the money paid.
A.-Thcre was no set time for paying the
money. About $500 was paid in one month.
received 800 myself. The other was given JC
the news agents west of North Platte.
Q.-Who saw you to fix this matter.
Al didn't see anybody.
Q.--How do you know that this money came
from the World-Hcraldi
A.-Because the man who gave me the
money instructed me what TO do with 1t.
Q.--How many men could you see:
Al could see them all west of North
Platte lwould 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. l go through the train with G
larger number of the World Herald under
my arm and the World Herald in my hand
OFF a passenger refuses to take 1t, what
do YOU do!
Al don'rgive passengers THE BEE unless
| they insist upon it. We just give him a
| World Herald and pass on and say nothing
| about it, We FIX 1t 50 that he gets the
World Herald, m but ,,,,s of io course Sc, if rn he
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 schemei
| Al can enlist everyone west o! RawlinS
| 1t is not necessary to enlist them neal
| Omaha know there is big grumble on
| the west end about the World-Herald: that
Is, some of the boys were promised money,
| but didn't get it,
| Q.-Do YOU think it would be the proper
| scheme to give each of the boys stipend.
A.-Yes, give them each so much and Lell
| them Just what TO do, as have done for the
| Word Herald in the past.
| O.--You say that this arrangement was
| kept up by the Herald for one and halt
| wears and that il is the World Herald that
| has been doing 1t ever since the consolida
| tioDi
A-Yes sir.
Q.-Do you know the man who gave you
| the money!
Al don't know his name, but lEnow 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 l3arkalow.
| At don't make any difference to then
| so long as they sell so many papers, whether
il was a World-Hera or not. IL was 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 Oi
| North Platte who would have TO be fixed
| A.-There 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 as we meet aud
.y,l,f hnfN not n NO