The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-20
JERSEY CITY MENACED.
Newsboys Strike and Hint
at Awful Possibilities
Reserves to the
Rescue.

Here's a rowdyedoi The newspaper
boys at the Pennsylvania ferries are on
strike today. They. however, assured
News" representative, this morning,
that there will be no necessity for Mayor
Hoos to request Governor Voorhees, to
call out the National Guard to suppress
a riot
'sWhy are you on striker" inquired
1.-THE News man of a little whipper
snapper without a hat, minus shoes and
stockings, wearing a ragged pair of pants
sustained by one suspender, and por-
ton of a garment on exhibition usually
sacred from public scrutiny
Because de 'Woild and de Journal
have gone back on US, he replied. "Dey
used to guv us a hundred papers fer a
half
Half of what?'
.'why. half a dollar he replied. sur
prised at his questioner's ignorance, tand
den dey rizzed de price to sixty cents,
and now dey've jerked it up ten cents
more and we get only t'irty cents profit.
Eyes, I see; now what are you going to
'.strIke; but (this was in reassuring
and patronizing tone) 1--WE won't shut out
You Won't raise any disturbance?"
but And here the small boy shook
his head and pointing to a group of the
bundles of papers under their arms. re.
marked, in a confidential kind of way,
that there We're some terrible fellows
what they would do when their rights
We're being trampled on by bloated cor
porations
to the group of men" I'VE will have
a dignasher meeting, but ye can't come
in, COS it's secret"
At eleven o clock this morning when
the first wagon load of New York papers
reached this city. 1t was Immediately sur
rounded by the boys. They bought none
Of the papers. however. and would not al
low any one to purchase them
William Green, barefooted boy, the
leader of the crowd told the other boys
that If any one bought the papers violenc
bought the papers. They were immedi-
ately pounced upon by the crowd. The
papers were confscated and destroyed.
The street under the Pennsylvania Rail-
road trestle tells the story. It is literally
covered with torn papers.
Thomas Dinasi and John Archer. two
lookout for s.scabsu at the Corner Of
Montgomery and Washington streets. AT
the Pennsylvania ferryhouse over a hum
dred boys have congregated They are
waiting for word from New York as to
whether or not the old price will be con-
tinued. The boys say that the strike will
be continued until the newspapers came 10
terms.
AT 2:s0 o'clock paper wagon drove out
of the ferryhouse. It was opened to sell
papers. The boys jumped into It and stole
over 500 papers. The papers were imrned-
ately destroyed. The driver of the wag-
on was then bombarded with the rinds Of
watermelon and stones. A complaint was
made to Chief of Police Murphy. who
sent out the reserves of the Gregory
street station. under Captain Cody, to sto
the strike If possible.
The reserves on reaching the ferry found
the newsboys running about in very
excited manner Captain Cody ordered
the lads away from the vicinity. They
went away without making any trouble.
but gathered at the corner OF Exchange
place The police then made them move
away from that corner
About three O'clock New York Jour
nalt wagon was held up at the corner Of
Washington street. The papers were
stolen and DESTROYED. The driver COM
No arersts have been reported as "The
News" went to press.