Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-06

II Was Brought by United Press
trntnst Clayton NcMichncf.

NEW YORK, June 5.-C1ayton Me-
Michael, proprietor of the Philadelphia
North American, and a director in the
Associated Press, was served with com
plant in this city this morning In a
libel suit brought by the United Press in
the Supreme Court, the amount sued for
| being 10000. The publication complained
OF appeared In the issue OF the North
American dated June lst. After sum-
marizing the points which are libellous,
the complaint concludes as follows: That
said article, matter and words. as
aforesaid. in so far as they stated or
| inslnua ted that plaintiff proposed 10 give
up its business TO Associated Press, or
| to any other person or persons; or That
| plaintiff proposed to repudiate its con-
| tracts, abandon its friends and allies.
| and turn over it's business to a rival or
ganization or to any other person or per-
| sons whatsoever; or that plaintiffs busl
ness was organized and conducted as
| a stock jobbing concern, and not legi,i
matey; or that plaintiffs revenues were
dishonesty and unlawfully obtained: or
| that the news furnished and delivered
| by plaintiff TO its clients and subscribers
| was inaccurate and untrustworthy: or
| that plaintiff has been guilty OF lying.
| deceit, and libel. and Of using improper
and unlawful methods TO discredit and
| injure the Associated Prtss: or that plain
| tiff is behind-hand in obtaining its news
| and delivering same. and hence that IL is
| of little, If any. value; or that plaintiff
| is, or was on June /. 1895, doing practl-
| cally no business beyond the Rocky
| Mountains, and that the business which
| IL was doing was with three or four pa
pers of no fnancial standing or re-
spectability. ard which had been refused
| admission or discarded by rival organi-
zation: or that the only source from which
plaintiff derives its foreign news
| is the Central News Of London, and
| that the news of said Central News is
untrustworihy and inaccurate. and that
| the foreign news dispatches Of
| this plaintiff obtained from said Gem
| tral News. is likewise untrustworthy and
| inaccurate; or that plaintiff is now sub
| jectsd solely to the financial burden OF
| supporting said Central News; or thai.
| plaintiff Ia now or ever has been in a
| state of panic. and believed itself finan-
cially unable to continue its business, and
desires TO associate itself with or merge
/ ITS own business in that of a rival; or
| that plaintiff was willing to agree TO sur
| render control and management Of its
| business TO q rival organization, or TO
| any other person or persons whatsoever;
| or that plaintiff was ready and willing TO
repudiate ana abandon Its Obligations ana
| contracts. 10 forsake its allies, and TO
! remodel and revolutionze its entire busi-
ness. or any part of it; or that plaintiff
| was ready to agree TO coerce and to use
| its influence with its members. clients
and allies, into paying money TO others,
which they were under no legal or moral
| obligation TO pay at all; or that plaintiff
was willing to give zip its name and or
| ganzation and 10 go out OF business; or
! that the news service of plaintiff was Of
| inferior character. and not worth the price
paid for II; or that plaintiff Vas In re-
! ceipt Of no revenue from any source other
| than four New York newspapers are
| false, scandalous, defamatory ard libel
| lous and plaintiff AYERS that II was rever
| guilty of any OF the infamous and dis
! graceful acts that are stated or insinu-
| ated in said article
ANOTHER LIBEL SIT.
NEW YORK, June 5-Ernest +. Bir-
mingham. editor of the Fourth Estate.
was arrested this morning on charge
| OF criminal libel brought by the United
Press. He was taken before Justice Nc
Mahon. and upon examination ber &
waived, was paroled In the custody Ct his
counsel. until o'clock, wrsn he promised
10 furnish $500 bail. The libel complained
} of by the United Press vas printed in
! the issue OF the Fourth Estate Of May
30th.