The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
NEWsBoYs IN REBELLION.
They Refuse to Sell Certain New York
 Papers.


 Papers.
 The newsboys of the city are up in arms and have determined to neglect the New York Journal and World un- less some schedule of prices is arranged whereby the boys will be able to make some income for their labors. For sev- eral years the papers were sold to the boys at fifty cents per hundred, and all unsold copies were fully returnable at the same price. Some six, months ago both papers raised their prices, and charged sixty cents per hundred, and in addition to that informed the boys that only one unsold paper in each ten would be redeemed, and their money would not be paid back, but one copy of another edition be given in exchange. This worked a severe hardship on the boys, as it was necessary for them to dispose of ten papers to make four cents. On Sundays each paper costs the boys five cents and sell for seven cents each. If they purchase three and only sell two they lose one cent and get nothing for their work. This would naturally cause them to rebel and pro- test against such business methods, and they have done so in no mistaken terms. They have framed the follow ing petition, which is self-e explanatory, and was mailed last night:
 The New York Journal:
 Sirs-We, the undersigned, newsboys of New Haven, Conn.,, beg to offer you our protests against your latest action of making all the issues of your paper returnable only on a ten per cent basis. This action on your part means to us the shouldering of nearly all the losses of unsold Journals in this city. The ten per cent. privilege is practically non-returnable to the majority of us, and we beg further that the paper be continued fully reteurnable as formerly. | Awaiting your early reply, we remain New Haven Newsboys. This protest met with the hearty ap- proval of all the boys, as was evidenced 1 by the rapidity with which they attach ed their signatures to it.
 | In less than an hour over 125 names had been secured, part of which are 1 given below.
 l They took matters into their own | hands last night and proceeded to in- I form the citizens that they didn't in- I tend to abide by the present rules of | these two papers any longer. Headed | ivy two banners on one of which were | the words Don't buy the Dirty Jour nal," and the other Down with the World" they paraded the principal streets, giving vent to their feelings by | o.,l e,a{ l Among other places they marched to | the Green, where large number of citizens gathered around, among whom were Mayor Farnsworth and wife. Af- ter listening to clever speech by their captain, young Barney Berman, a 1 bright sixteen-y -year-old lad, in which l he explained their desires and gave l their reasons for protesting, Mayor 1 Farnsworth said that he hoped l the boys would be successful in their | efforts and gave them permission to l parade the streets of the city. They | afterward managed to get possession of about 800 Journals, half of which they l burned and tore up and the rest other
 wise destroyed. Not one paper of the | o'clock edition was sold in this city | last night
 The names of those who signed the 1 protest follow:
 l Barney Berman, Thomas Murray, | Mat Murray, aPt Murphy, J. Mooney, | Nat Mooney, Pat Mooney, William Sil- | verman, H. Silverman, A. Sliverman,
 E. $. Goldman, G. Goldman, John Me- I Kee, George Mckee. M. Brodtsky, s.
 Marks, G. Krall, J. Krall, R. Brenner, H. Portman, A. Alderman H. Marks, | M. Sachs, s. Sachs, l.. Marks, N. God
 fried, w. Gunderman, M. Soloman M i Brownstein, J. Tamskye, N. Price,. L. I Soloman, S. Flesher, J. Clark, W. | Hogen, T. Maher, H. A. Horton, O.
 Pfeger, Nose Krall, Miks Tamsky, j.
 Glousey, F. Dwyer, P. Dwyer, J. sGlou-
 sey, J. Brownstein, D. Choen, M. Pag-
 ter, Isidore Desick, H. Desick, H. Rat
 ner, I. Pholman, Bennie Krall, Mike
 Krall, l. Goldman, Pat McGinness, J | Bryren, s. Botvinick, P. H. Borr, | l Tamsky, Max Bernstein, Fatty Bull
 H. Stein, A. Metz, l.. Levine, J. Bern
 stein, c. Aymen, I. Hershowitz, S. | Weiss, A. Smirnoff, M. Savage, H
 Newman, A. Ruddish, W. Mackinsky
 M. Wesler, M. Botvinick, T. Keane, L.
 Weiner, Max Kellman, W. Levine. A
 Reacow, B. Reacow, w. Lee, c. Clark
 Sam Scroville, A. Bolton, W. J. Mo
 Carthy, Arthur Freedman, K. Brown
 H. Muffs, c. Isenberg, M. Cchoen, H
 Choen and J. Shurr.