The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-09
NEVSBQTS GO ON A STRIKE.
They Break Into Revolt Against
a Raise i'm Price.
Five Hundred Industrious Urchius Make the
City Resound With Their Cries Of
Angry Protest.

When Mike de Young imported his
nickel-in-the-slot machine from Seattle TO
beat the newsboys out of hard-earned
living the thing kicked, and the proprietor
of the tail building on Market street was
compelled TO give in. 1t was the most
singing defeat ever administered to him,
and any man of ordinary sagaeity would
have submitted gracefully, but the Sena-
torial campaigns come high, and he con-
cluded 10 get even as best he could. OF
course, the morning journal over which
Mike pretends to preside Is not much Of a
power, and its influence is fast waning, but
il has not yet sunk TO the depths of the
evening edition on Bush street, and through
the medium of the latter sheet Mike thought
he saw chance to pull himself out Of the
mud. Realizing the full force of the maxim
that penny saved Is penny earned, he
looked around for Victims, aud fixed upon
the newSboys
They. in his opinion, were the most de-
fenseless with which he could deal, and il
his eyes the fact that they were comfortably
clad was crime of the worst nature. Shoes
were too good for their feet. and hats were
an extravaganza not to be dreamed of for
moment.
SMALL EARNINGS.
1t was true that their earnings we're
small, but their number was great. and
few cents day Topped from the earnings OF
each little tot who dared TO peddle papers in
sun and rain TO support an aged mother,
perhaps, was chance not to be overlooked.
With his usual business sagacty Nike
grasped the opportunity and bore down
upon the newsb0ys In force. This he was
too shrewd 10 do himself but through the
agency OF the Bush-street end of his cOmbi-
nation he got in his deadly work.
Some seven years ago George HeaZleton,
VINO is the ostenslOle proprietor Of the
Evening Post and who is managing De
Young's fight for the Senate, was imbued
place to De Young. and il is easy to trace
the source of bis ideas. Well, HeaZleton
looked about, and 1t occurred to him, as he
kept an eye on the clOck-tower, that the
newsboys were too prosperous. The money
which they carried home was too great in
pits amount. and a portion of it at least
should, In his opinion, be reduced. At the
same time the expense of the Senatorial
campaign was not overlooked.
TO CRUSH THE BOYS.
With this in mind the pseudo proprietor
OF the Post waited upon the owner of the
Report and TO the latter he proposed to
crush the power of the nswsboys He
called attention to the fact that they had
sold three papers for nickel to the little
fellows and suggested that but two be
given for the same sum in future. The Re-
port people fell in at once and signed an
agreement to that effect. but the Bulletin
owners demurred. The latter called atten-
ton to the fact that the boys were giving
80 cents month, or quite as much as was
paid by subscribers. aud they saw no reason
why the boys should be charged more. In
other words. they declined to enter into the
deal TO squeeze the boys.
De Young's man Heazleton went on in
spite of this. and yesterday the fun began.
Five hundred neHsooys were told that they
must pay the increased sum, and this they
refused 10 do. In fact they broke out in
open rebellion, and every little fellow In
the town who hands out papers declared
open war.
THE NEwsBoY BOYCOTT.
Their first act was TO issue a circular,
which reads as follows: