The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-04
BOYS HAVE BEGUN
New York Messenger "Kids" Go
Out on a Strike.
TACTICs OF ELDERs FOLLOWED
lnnumerable Pitched Battles Occur The
Leaders Arrested and Fsned-sen-
sational Arrest Made.

Especial 10 TIE HERAID-Examiner Dispatoh.l
NEw York, Aug. 3.-The stock exchange
brokers had plenty to amuse them yester-
day when business was dull. for nearly
two hundred messenger boys were on a
strike. The miniature battles between the
strilzers and -'scabs'' made things lively all
day in the vicinity Of Wsll street. For a
week a few discontented youths have been
stirring up the lads in down town Offices,
and their Efforts were so successful that
tna boys at New street, where John T.
Banks Is manager, and at 10 Wall street
quit work today. These Offices belong to
the American District Telegraph company
and employ nearly two hundred messen-
Rers. They are under the management OF
Superintendent Smith. Not twenty Of the
boys were at work yesterday. The strlk-
ers complain that their.
WAGES HAVE BEEN UNJUsTLY REDUCED.
The offices formerly belonged to the Vest
ern Union company, and the boys were
paid $3.50 week and had little or nothing
TO do on Sundays. Two weeks ago last
Monday, when they got their pay, they
found only 1875, Sundays wages having
been deducted. The boys Kicked" and
last week they received seven days pay,
but on Monday they were put back on six
day pay
Of the eighsy-fiye boys at the Sew street
Office suddenly stopped work. They said
nothing to the manager but went out
quietly. led by Sergeant" Frank o. Laugh
lin and ~ aller'' Sadie. AS soon as they
got on the street they whooped and yelled.
the brokers hurried out Of the exchange
Ind the street was soon crowded. There
vas no serious trouble till the reserve
messengers from The general Office arrived
. ill the vacancies of the strikers. For
an hour or two
THE ovEIcE WAS BADLY CRIPPLED.
hut seventy-5ve boys were soon working.
The strikers had not expected to ind
themselves so soon out of a job and when
they found lots of 'scabsn at work the fun
commenced.
Messengers O'Laughlin, Sadie, Tom
Brannon and Frank Williams we're chosen
an advisory committee Pickets were
thickly placed all through the district.
Committees were sent TO 10 Wall street, IL
Broad street and to the Office in the pro-
duce exchange to persuade messengers
there TO quit work. The methods OF the
Youngsters were novel and ingenious. An
order was passed around 10 do up' every
boy who remained at work or attempted to
I'll vacant place.
The boys in the New street ONCE were
first attacked, and before IL o'clock there
had been two or three pitched battles, and
black eyes and
BRUISED NOSES WE'RE NUMEROUS.
Finally things got too lively for comfort
in New street, aud detachment of police
arrived. The officers were placed on
Broad, Wall and New streets, amidst the
yells and hootings Of the strikers. The ar
rival of the police did not quiet things, and
''Yaler' Sadie was soon caught pummel-
linRa boy. Followed by the whole crowd,
an officer took the little belligerent to OLD
Street police station, where he was charged
with fighting on the street. He was sent
TO the Tombs and fined 81. No one ap-
peared against him or he might have Jared
worse.
The .sscrarping'' w6s kept on all morn
Ing, but the 'scaosn kept bravely at work
although on each trip they had to run the
gauntlet Of strikers from the Office door &c
toe place where their message was de-
livered. Then the strikers waited for theil
return, and blows were exchanged. About
noon the Wall street boys
GOT TIRED OF BEING THRAsHHD
aud quit work and took hand in the
thrashing. All day the fighting was kept
up. Some OF the sympathizers were taken
for 'scsbs' and were roughly handled.
The most sensational arrest Of the after
noon was that of Peter Brennan, who as
sauited Messenger Cullon, 40 years old.
Brennan not only got worsted, but was
arrested. When searched SOC, 600 worth OF
Michigan Central stock was found in his
pockets. He had followed the example Of
many Of the boys and was acting as q pri-
vate messenger for Henry Alien & Co. OF
No. 81 New street when he got into trouble
with the strikers. The arrest of Brennan
and Frank Laughlin, who admitted be was
the leader Of the strike broke the backbone
OF the strike. and there were no more at
tacks on the boys who chose to work.
All efforts TO get the other offices Of the
company out proved failure, though one
of the strike leaders said he expected the
boys at NO. l6 Broad street would quit to
morrow and those in the general Office
Thursday.
The American District company employs
about 5000 boys, and il they all strike il
will make considerable trouble fer bust
meas down town.