The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-22
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Difficulties in the Inside Manage
ment eliminate.
TWO LEADING PAPERS SECEDE
The New York Sun and Tribune Form New
Association-The Western Union Cuts
out Leased Wires.
Especial to TIE acknowledgements pispatob

Special to TIE HERALp-Exaniner Dispatob :
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The difficulties il
the inside management of the Associated
Press which have long existed. reached
their elimination first Monday night in the
cutting out by the Western Union of the
aaY and night leased wires of tie New
ork Associated Press between New York
and Chicago, New York and Washington
washington, X chmond and Norfolk, anC
Memphis and New Orleans, and second
yesterday In the sensational withdrawal OF
secession of the New York Sun and Tribune
from their membership in the New York
Associated Press, and the formation by
these papers OF new organization called
the National Associated Press"
The developments of the Gay have fol-
lowed in rapid succession, and have been
OF such sensational nature as to excite
not only TO an unprecedented degree all
newspaper circles, but TO even create rip.
pie on WaI street. The situation Tonight
IS caImer, and IT is possible the results OF
tAe agitation may net be so radical as they
nave looked. IL is now announced, pri-
Vately, that the sun and Tribune will not
issue, as they had expected 10 do TO- NOR
row, manifesto TO the papers of the coun-
| try, giving the reasons for their
secession, and which manifesto, it is
understood, was wired to-day 10
those Associated Press and United Press
papers, which they supposed would be
friendly TO the new move. The New Y orl
Associated Press committee also called
upon the Western Union company and made
settlement with that company by which
thelr leased wires, cut out Monday night,
nave Ceen restored To them and their bust
ness resumed without Interruption,
Ihe cause OF the present difficulties which
nave lea TO the secession OF the New York
sun and Tribune from the Associated Press
aud Mondays difficulty between the New
OK Associated Press and the Western
Union Whlle nearly understood by Joint
committees of the Associated Presses. are
not understood by newspaper men IN gene.
raj or the public. They are 10 some extent
remote and to a great extent serious in
Ihelr bearing upon the relations of all the
press associations 10 their members. IL
Will be remembered that at q meeting of
the JOINT committees Of the New York and
western Associated Press, held at Detroit
early In the summer, the old Joint com
mlttee headed for the Western Associated
Press by MIR. Mack and for the New York
Associated Press by Charles A Dana. were
virtually deposed and a new Joint committee
headed by William Penn Nixon, of the
Western Associated Press, and Elliott f.
Shepard, of the New York Associated
Press, succeeded to the management
ms new committee was not satisfied
with the contracts which their predeces
sors mad made, both with the Western
Union and the United Press. They, il is
SAID, decided the Associated Press was an
Tilted TO the lower rates on their leased
wires from the Western Union which
were accorded to the United Press. and
that the contract with the United Press
was direct disadvantage to the Associated
Press and gave the former organization the
hons share of the profits, while they did
the work. The Western Union, il is
asserted, admitted that the leased wire
rates TO the United Press were lower in
some instances, but claimed this was due to
the TACT that some old Baltimore 81 Ohio
contracts which they were obliged TO com
plete, permitted this lower rate. The com
mlttee, however, so the story runs, We're
not satisfied with this and the New York
committee at last, pending a decision in
the matter, allowed their leased wire bills
to accumulate until the Western Union
gave them tue usual ten days notice of sus-
pension of contract. They called meeting
OF the joint committee here last week but
came to no conclusion, and the Western
Union, after one more extension, finally
cut out their wires Monday night. The
amount involved is something bout S25, OCO.
which, 1t Is SAID also, was raised yesterday
This trouble with the Western Union.
however, was minor one. The joint com
mlttee in looking into the action of their
predecessors came upon certain stock
transactions, by which, it is alleged,
through deal certain members of the old
committee and certain governing officials.
OF both the Western and New York Asso-
clated Press, together with certain mem
bers OF the United Press, received large
blocks OF stock in an organization known
as the United Press OF Illinois, and further
received on the same stock even dividends
each OF pei cent each, amounting to some
thing like $1,000. This, it is said. the com
mlttee felt was hardly just 10 the other
mempers OF the Associated Press whose
payments for services had helped to pay the
dividend on the stock which they had been
given no opportunity TO subscribe for, and
for which no valid payment was made.
The New York Times on Saturday last
printed remarkable editorial, headed.
who Are These Rascals?' in which
quoting an ambiguous editorial in the Moi
AID Express, this paper called upon Colonel
Shepard to expose the trustees of certain
vague corporations to whom he alluded as
having betrayed their trusts To those
who read between the lines, this
editorial was signal of war, and
events have not been q surprise. The
new committee also notified the United
Press tnat 1t would abrogate the contract
with that association on October TO- hut pit
the last moment withdrew the notice tenn
porarily. Tonight the United Press an
no unces that it has abrogated itself the
contract with the New York and Western
Associated Press and has joined the new
National Associated Press. The announce
ment made by James W. Scott, of Chicago.
that he has wired the National Associated
Press for the admission to it Of the Chicago
Post and Herald, st. Louis Globe Democrat
Pittsburg Dispatch and Boston HerGld. ie
not q surprise to those well informed for
these papers form what is known as the
Latin News Syndicate with headquarters
in the Sun building here. The officers of
the new National Associated Press thus
far announced are Charles A. Dana, presi
dent, and w. +. Latin, general manager.
The astonishing feature OF the situation
is that such newspapers as the New YORK.
Sun and Tribune, Boston Herald, PlttsburR
Dispatch and st. Louis GIObe-Denocr6f
should abandon what has been cons 6ered
such valuable franchise as the Associated
Press in their respective cities. Under
the rules of the Associated Press. three
months notice of withdrawal is necessary
so unless these journals have given these
notices they thereby, it would apnear
have forfeited their franchises in the Asso'
ciated Press.
Assemblyman Elwood Bruner Indicted.