New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16
r. j. Homer e. Co.,
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UAGTNG 4 SENSELESS FIGHT.

WHAT 4 SUBSCRIBER or THE ASSOCIATED IhhSS
THINKS OF IT'S ATTEMPTED BOYCOTT
Pittsburg. Sept. 1.-THE Leader" prints the fol-
lowing to-day.
Among the well-known people In attendahGie a.
the g. A. r. Encanipment TINS week W" was
Of ONO. ana knO"n the country over as ths pun,
Inn III. rooracd Associatci Press on sunday last
The Register printed editorial the nature OF
when was exceedingly surprising. considering the
fart that the paper Is a subscriber to the Assoc-
ated Press. call was made on Mr MACK AZ 'iie
Dnquesne Hotel yesterday by "A representative OF
,'Th, Leader" to make inquiry into the present
condition Of affairs regarding press matters. MS
called Associated Press and the United Press was
considered especially noteworthy because OF ms
w" decades The Register,' MIR. Mack's paper,
was OF the charter members OF the oia W.
ern Associated Press, and later Charter mchib GER
of the Associated Press. its successor. During TINS
entire twenty years he was CONNECTED %'n ara
OF Directors. and the last siA AZ us ptesiIneh I
When questioned as to me ieeng IN tme ,d by
the sef-styled Associated Press against the United
re- Great many members OF tho Associated Press
west Of the Allegheny Mountains have no ryn'p Va
against the United Press We are. as "A conse-
quencc OF 1t. now being compelled TO pay - Wp el
way superior and in some ways inferior 10 me oId
service Many OF the old members OF the western
Associated Press were perfectly satisfied with
fair division OF territory with the uhlted iress
useleas infringement, carried on manifestly to
crafty two or three gentlemen in Chicago
VERY recently the managers OF the Associated
Press served notice upon all The members TO have
mo- dealings with The Sun. Tribune. Herald ana
dimes OF New-York; in other words. adopted
behs.s idea OF boycotting. The result OF this boy
colt that the leading IN the WTes
from the office. OF the papers referred 10, ana
thus deprive themselves OF news not furnished by
Inc Associated lress, ana foT whlch tney la IA,
to rely these four paPsrs I'm; 9oyro ane 81
Louis Chicago Milwaukee and other cities now,
why was II necessary for the management OF 'ne
Hs:ociated Press to boycott those New-fork papers
r. nc service OF the Associated Press was as com
nlete as that Of the papers mentioned? Ihe uhitea
Press furnishes fully all that these papers an
Gas not penetrated the minds OF some members
Who have submitted to that boycott A.,
Another thing, no experienced journalist IN rne
old Western Associated Press believes Tor mo
ment that IL is possible for the present manage
M, ny, of the Associated Press 10 crush out IN.
United Press. Therefore. to put up addisomal
ing ing away our funds. and that at time when all
businesses are hard pressed ana the newspapers'
IN many cases. lind II difficult to keep up oor-
III TN Regsters editorial above referred 70 con,
,s,ou Of comments upon the recently pubnshed
natroi dispatch OF September expos'nr thc imam
toi condition OF the Chicago organization styIng
isei ~" treat ma jority OF the members OF the 50
ann Associated Press who were members OF the
"a Western Associated Press are WHOLLY oui OF
o,Inn,tbv with the scnseless war being carried on
,Hs ma OF the selfstyed Associated Press
ny ainst the United rress. and very properly OBJ
ci 70 being sessed to pay the cxpenses OF sucn
snrvice now rendered by the Associated Press
was an inferior one, and that Inc reS,s', ~,
was compelled to use seVcral coulins oi w
United news every day to rsynsn The ne mean
~ the socalled Associated Press was de
nounced a. impracucao's