The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-16
POWERFUL MODERN JouRNAL1sM.
Fohce After Bulletins-Gerry Society AFTER beg
gnrs-Grent nicyeie Theushts.

AaSyct HhDukhtns
The World started a mechanical baseball
bulletin and drew crowds every afternoon to
the upper sidewalk Of City Hall Park.
So tho journal set up a mechanical baseball
bulletin seventeen times as big and got all tho
Worlds crowd down opposite the Tribune
building.
Then tho World threatened o new patont
double-electric baseball bulletin thirteen times
rs big as the Journals, but hasn't got II up
yet.
Meantime the noisy bulletin crowds rot to
be q nuisance. They spoiled the business Of the
push-cart men, prevented the Trfbune's editors
from twinkling in the afternoons, obstructed
traffic, fostercd pocketpicking, and brought a
lot of complaints to tho police. Chief Conlin
and Inspector Allairo told Capt. vredenburgh
OF the Oak street station that he would have to
Keep tho streets clear.
He went to tho Journal m en- and begged
them to stop. They wouldn't. Then he went
to the World mon and begged them to desist.
They promised to quit IL the Journal would.
Then Capt. Vredenburgh went to Chief Conlin.
II am thinking" said he, ''of getting an in
junction from the Supreme Court against them.
If / let them go on l will be broken for not do
ing my duty. If l stop them, they will pound
me-"
DO your duty and don't mind the pounding"
commanded Chief Conlin. Go to a police
court first and get q summons. II you are
beaten there, you have tho Supreme Court to
fall back on"
SO to-day tho business manager Of the Jour
nal will appear in Centre Street Police Court to
be asked what he has to say why he should not
be arrested for maintaining O nuisance and for
violating n corporation ordinance by exhibit
The bulletins will doubtless be called in. But
journalism has plenty more catch.penny devices.
l hPo w%heei%o@ 1ns1S = Tho S,c .ySMrn TO on, afse mG tsn PSS;p eT.
Giles to the ten most popular wheelmen and
And a trip to Europe" shouts the WIorld
in the type reserved for appetizing murders. =.
Twenty bicycles and ten trips to Europe
Of tho Size devoted to the infaSy Of wealth.
Step up, ladies and gentlemen: only one
SSgs D sbo ; 1ss ps oenti sns so ia s asain to HnS got W the
Another branch Of the industry fell under tho
s~ociety's agents arrested Ave little girls for con.
iE setad no aniS fisn fGr the } Rsnnasisi thsiS re had saS sSl:
tising funds: The FIVE children were only doing
other children to do. They were soliciting aid
on the street for the different funds. and when
they received It they hasteped to put the pen,
work, shouldn't benefit by it as Wen as the jour:
between Fifth and Sixth avenues is a busy thor.
oughfaro, and the five children have been work.
Ing the street for a week. They used a soap
box for q stand, and put a few trinkets on It.
Signs badly printed explained why the soap box
and trinkets were backed up against the side OF
the reservoir. One Of the children-they range
In age from Z to IL years--watched the trim
kets. The other four worked both sides of the
street for pennies. They became q nuisance,
and the policemen on post warned them to &c
away. They paid no heed, and he didn't wan,
to be abused in the journals, so he let, thon
alone. Then the Gerry society was appealed to,
and after twenty complaints had been received
from annoyed pedestrians about these particu
lar aims aske rs, the society thought 1t was time
to act. The girls were taken to the society
rooms in a patrol wagon yesterday afternoon
They gave their names as Lizzie and Hattie
Stevenson, Mary and Jennie O'Brien, and
Katie o'Neill. An are children Of poor, parents
living on the east side. An onicer Of the Gerry
society had this to say about the fake funds: =,
They are a nuisance every one Of them, and
do more harm than good. During the pas,
week this society has received over 100 com
plants about children who spend all their tim,
on the streets since the schools closed collect
Ing for these funds. My work for the society
keeps me busy all the time in the poorest part
clan. there who had been sent by one OF thu
funds to assist the sick, although at least TIVE
OF. these funds claim to spend q large amOun
in relieving the persons in need Of medical as
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