Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-09
GOOD FOR TOM.
Indecent Journalism Re-
buked in San Diego.
How the Unions Business Man.
ager Resented an Insult.
A Triumvirate of Disreputables Well
Exposed.
A Lesson to Anonymous Malicious scrib-
blers-A Vivid Account of the
Affair-Comment by the
"Union."

The calm atmosphere of the newspa-
per world of San Diego, which, in its
peculiar way, is model world, was dis
turbed on Wednesday by an encounter
between Thomas Gardner, the very
able general manager of the daily Union,
and Mr.. Monteith. The Sun de-
scribes the meeting, in substance, as
follows:
For some months past a scurrilous
weekly paper has been carried on in this
city by an anonymous company which
seems to have included Ct. w. Monteith,
who claims TO be an attorney.
This weekly which no reputable paper
has ever noticed before, has been foul in
its ISLANDERS upon leading citizens of this
community, most of whom had incurred
the enmity of one or the other of the
sorry triumvirate who owned it.
This morning Thomas Gardner, of the
Union, who has been pursued as by a
polecat, saw George w. Monteith at one
OF the tables of the county fair. Monteith,
who has heretofore been described in the
columns OF the Sun at engaging length,
is youthful prodigy who came here o.
tensibly for the Southern Pacific and re-
NAMED here for no particular purpose
which Providence has thus far revealed.
Mr.. Gardner is Scotchman, and a man
of high business reputation and long
newspaper experience. He is between
go and 20 years Of age, but he is handy
with his fists, having enjoyed, in his
younger days, quite an ath letic celeb
rity. In moment he was before the
Monteith person, who, seeing what was
coming, sbrank back like kicked span
lei. But he did not shrink far enough.
Mr.. Gardner handed his spectacles to
Captain Friend. Then his right flew
out and raised a ridge on Monteith's
jaw, thus Gripping his chief weapon of
defense.
Don't, don't, don'tl" shrieked the
ex-attorney in his high falsetto, "don't
do that!" Bif went the old gentleman's
fist once more, glancing off poor Mon
teith's temple and leaving him in
doubt whether he was in this world or
the next. The anonymous scribbler,
who prefers to fight behind an ambush
of type, put his hands over his face and
blubbered like a schoolboy with hor-
net sting. There was no fight in him
only desire to get away, which seemed
to be shared by the poor old wreck of a
newspaper partner who stood by in
what appeared to be an alcoholic daze.
But Mr.. Gardner proposed to have it
out, and getting glance Of cheek under
Monteith's widespread fingers, let go a
| blow which sent the fellow sprawling
over one of the tables, while apples,
pears and other items in the county fair
display went tumbling about the floor.
Then Gardner jumped for his man, in
|. tent upon finishing the job. But here
the bystanders interfered and pinioning
Mr.. Gardeners arms led him from the
building. Bring him along, too" said
the Unions manager, "bripg him along
and all his friends with him. I'll lick
them ALL" But nobody responded. The
Monteith person had enough, and the
friends were missing quantity.
The Union refers to the matter in its
issue of yesterday with an addition, which
reflects on a Federal ofliceholder in that
city as follows:
SIT is currently reported, and very
generally believed also, that another
member of the company issuing the mer-
cenary, venomous, hypocritical, libelous,
matchmaking sheet (Which a decent re-
gard for public propriety forbids nam
ing) and who is regular contributor
thereto, is John r. Berry, collector of
customs for the port of San Diego. If
this be true, which it seemingly is, and
he cannot and does not exonerate him
self from all associations Herewith and
responsibility for the llbeIous, malicious
and dastardly utterances which have
constituted its chief stock in trade, this
community should include him under
the boot-heel of contempt and obloquy
that ought to be brought to bear upon
the heads of these dangerous reptiles
that bite from the BUSH"