The evening times., 1898-08-05
FAVOR ORGANIZATION.


NewsbOys Ask Commissioners to
Imp0se Restrictions.
A number Of the newsboys Of the city
are In favor Of banding themselves to-
gether for the purpose of obviating num-
erous minor evils and redressing future
wrongs. ft
With this end in view William H. Car
ter. of 1913 Blagdon Street. sent a letter
to the District Commissioners on behalf
Of a dozen smaller newsboys, expressing
their views upon the matter. and asking
to arrange things to the satisfaction Of
everybody concerned. Carter proposed
that the organization be called the
"Newsboys' Association" and asked that
the number of nswshpys hereafter al
lowed on a single .nstreet corner be re-
stricted to not more than three.
The propositions made by Carter also
contemplate the issains Of badges to
every newsboy in 'theo city, each num-
bered consecutively. so that whenever
newsbOy commits misdemeanor he may
be found by the number upon his badge
and punished. In order to obtain a badge
a newsboy would have TO register his
name in a book. The propositions of Car
ter were not very clear. and many of
them could not be thoroughly understood
by the Board of Commissioners.
The communication was, however. re-
ferred to Major Sylvester, the chief of
upon its contents:
IF 1t is desired by those Interested in
this scheme to have law enacted for
the purpose. 1t would be. in my opinion.
discrimination against many of the boys
who are engaged in selling papers for a
livelihood.
1T would be wise perhaps to have the
proposition submitted to the Commits
sioners in such form as II is proposed to
have 1t enacted.
Il know Carter, and while he has a
number Of boys who have Joined him in
an organization, 1t comes far from en-
bracing the hundreds of little boys who
are engaged in similar work in this city
I'm my opinion the proper time for the
consideration of this subject is when the
matter is submitted in definite shape"
+ President Wight, Of the Board of Com
missioners. yesterday ordered that a let
ter be sent to Carter informing him that
while the Board thought 1t was advis-
able in many ways-for the boys to be
registered and have numbers, as sug-
gested, they did not see a way clear as
yet for the enforcement Of such a regu-
lation.''
The letter Of the newsboys. which is an
interesting document, and printed as
written. is as follows:
ITO the District Commissioners hav
ben asst by both whit and Colored to asst
you to help them out by pasin a law and
that Is this they want you all to pas the
laws 10 not TO have more then one or too
boys on sangle corner and no more then
too are three on a transfer coner II Is not
jest union boys that asst you all to do this
II is the out slider that asst you all as well
as the union boys they say IL you all wood
past the laws 1t wood help them as well
or II wood them that blong to the union
thay way thay want to Do 1t Is to Chose
them seft Coner then regser their name
In book and put 1t in the headquarters
so as to Kip the pleople frome blamin
them of what other do thay Can be told
by the bage thay wore and number and If
lady ore man should past and see them
Doing any thing that thay or. 20 not do
why thay repot them to the police and
thay Can get a want out for them and il
the Conducker of Car cech them jumpen
on cars thay can tell them by the bages
that thay Sweare and 1t wood not be am
tuoi FOR to stop them from jumpen cars
II you can do any thing for US pies let ,,s
know as soon as you can and we will
bring the book Down with the names in /.
and the addresses In Ii so IL they do auy
thing you wont haft TO go all over town
to find them but go TO the hedquatters
withough truble there is II boys in favor
of this whit and 6colored We hope to
heire From you all soon and il will
-dround all this truble that is a muxt the
boys fitin and THROWN stones in the street
stolen papers from in front OF doors we
have the bages all ready We We have the
Book every thing as,sooh as we get ancer
from you all" -