The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09

ton declared TO DO antngonistic 10 the said Asso-
cietod Press by tho Board of Directors OF tho
.i Twel mdsiIGnss e.. a. ssG HS.lSS. % tI% TI;. i herein In.
ISOLATED Press and tho aforesaid directors
thereof, wickedly and unlawtully intending TO
injurc tho plaintiff and the business and prop
contrivipg and Intending. wiekodly and unlaw.
fully and %unjustly to deprive the plaintiff Of its
r1spE 70 s eomb lin d0% and c snH SiTSa'G be ~ sSs ' pS5
among themselves and others to commit an act
Injurious to the plaintiff, its business, property,
Wicked and unlawful combination and con.
tpiracy did commit the following unlawful and
ininrins the %piaintiir herein, to wit: ''S"o Vi
,h Th% soe on Gr a about sHm thS | st day lay Of 6r 0S,qpSST. 1894
t paSii .GrSsu Of ZEE the s% 81. louis '1 S,G Rro pe@osrut Hf To
THE sun Printing and Publishing Assoeiation,
subsisting contract with the said st. Louis
Globe Democrat to purchase its special news ut
That on or about the 21st day of November,
1896, they forced and compelled tho proprietors
e. q pS a isd .n. Of The , Chicago g ,5 Irf o.. ;ct iS cease ease
Sun Printing and Publishing Association,
which association had at that time a valid and
Tribune to purchase its special news at the rate
OF fifty dollars, $500 per week.
they forced and compelled the proprietors and
publishers Of the Chicago Tribune to cease buy
Ipg tho special snd n nSMs Of the plaintiff; THE rs, Sun
ITlulltk hiu. o''i' "hiNh 10
ing contract with the said Chicago Tri6ane to
Hundred dollars $500, per week.
That on or a6ou. the Sd day Of April. 1897;
r ,asS sGsssd q sp ,ss s PhiR1sasiph sse R ETSnTti0t to es sns
Sun Printing and publishing Association. which
sisting. contract with the said Philadelphla
Record to purchase its special news at the rate
Tint on or about tho I'D day of ADril. 1897,
they forced and compelled tho proprietors and
publishers Of the Boston Globe to cease buying
Printing and Publishing. Association, which
association had at that time q valid and sub
10 purchase its special news at the ratio of two
hundred dollars tS2O0l per week.
,h rh1 f6S Sn Or a %SSn som the hsth day S of Arrtll; ,s andi
publishers of the Rochester Democrat and
C,hronicie to cease buying the special news OF
Association, which association had at that time
q valid and subsisting contract with the said
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle to purchase
its special news at the rate Of fifty dollars $500
That on or about the 18th day OF June. 1896,
publishers Of the Cincinnati Tribune to cease
buying The special news of tho plaintiff, TIE
association had at that time a valid and sub
sisting contract with the said Cincinnati Trf;
i SfSe d 10 R"%se tsSS1 PES psr S week. news az inc ra'0 Oh
Thirteenth That the contracts referred to
hereinbefore in the twelfth paragraph Of this
bill of complaint, and the contracts heretofore
mado and then smbsistine by and between the
plaintiff herein. THE Sun Printing and Publish
prictors Of the said newspapers. to witt: The
81. Louis Globe. Democrqt, the Chicago Tribune.
the Philadelphis Record, t9c Boston Gt 20" r the
cinnati Tribune were for the sale by THE sur
Printing and Publishing Association Of it's
that the said special news was the sole property
ofTHESUN Printing and Publishing association,
news rsS s0mf anrnishsd h By The an" defe MSs mo' tho he' A same
ciated Press. or which tho Associated Press un-
dertook to furnish to its stockholders or sub
lated sums to the complainant herein. under its
said contracts with the various newspapers or
in no way or manner affected or lesscned the
sum or sums which the said newspapers or
newspaper proprietors were or are Obliged TO
pay to the Associated Press under their several
contracts Herewith.
Fourteenth-On information and belief that
tho actor, Of the defend ants as aforesaid in
its special news Of the plaintiff herein was the
part OF the said defendants against the com.
plainant herein. and was not designed in any
the defendants herein. but was designed solely
piainsnt, The . Printing and Publishing
That the defendant. the Associated Press. and
tho other defendants, the directors thereof.
permit and allow the proprietors and publish;
crs of the various newspapers to whom the said
the Associated Press sells news and informa-
ton to buy, and purchase news from the pro-
IN E1't the city sHo Of NeW YORK. to , wit. the Nee sspI Ytors
Herald. the New York World. the Nc,c York
and the Tribune. and that no attempt is now
made by the defendants to boycott or blacklist
any newspaper, proprietors or publishers other
Fiftccnth-0n information and belief that the
defendants continue and threaten to continue
publishers and other newspaper proprictors and
publishers throughout the United States from
claimant any from oa ' the Sp s q eompla I1 int e Snd
threaten to continue their unlawful operations
against the complainant, all to the great dctri;
the public. and In violation of the laws OF tho
State Of New York and the laws of the United
sixteonth-That the complainant has been
damaged in its business and property up to and
Including the 2sth day Of November. 1897. by
sum of many thousands Of dollars, and that the
continuance and threatened continuance of tho
against this complainant constitutes n wrong
In the nature of a continuing, %trnspass, whereby
upon this complainant and its business and
Ps5epertiy and rsIie Pfr c1mr6y Ri PlE bas a. fT which injury
In consideration whereof your orator prays
your Honors to a~diudge and decree,
Frst.That the aforesaid bylaw Of the
and cannot Of right 30 enforced to the detriment
of the complainant.
second-That the notice as aforesaid served
upon the said newspapers. the substance of
which is set forth In the tenth paragraph of this
bill Of complaint. is unlawful. null and void.
and, further. to adjudge and decree that
NIL notices and orders heretofore issued
and threats made, wherein ana whereby
the defendants have forced and compelled
tho said news apers. to wit, the st.
Louis Globe. Democrat. the Chicago Tri-
bune, the Philadelphia Record, the Boston
Globe. the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
and the Cincinnati Tribune. their owners or
proprietors, to cease buying the special news OF
the complainant herein. are unlawful. null and
void, and thai the defendants, and each and every
of them, and their officers. agents. and servants,
and e9ch and every OF them. BIO enjoinod, per
potually, from continuing in the combination or
conspiracy heretofore established by them
against THE Sun Printing and Publishing Assoc
citation, the complainant, ana from acting in any
way so as to iniurc the business, property,
and property rights OF the complainant by
compelling any newspaper or newspapers Ia
cease buying, its special news or dispatches
and for such other and further relief In the
premises rs tho nature of the case shall require
and as to the court shall seem fit.
And to the end that tho complainant herein
may obtain tho relief to which 1t is justly en-
titled In the premises, may IL please your Honors
TO, grant unto the complainant writs OF
subpsnns directed to the said the Associated
Press and Clayton McMichael, Frank b. Noyos
Frederick Driscoll, Michael II. de Young