New-York tribune., 1899-07-22
MESSENGER BOYS TALK STRlhb.
THE DOWNTOWN FORCES WANT TO RE-
CEIVE THE SAME PAY AS
TIOSE UPTOWN

=, so,oA of the psychologists Of the country VIII
get out their microscopes and make an examination
n seems not unlikely that they Will hhu He"
germ II certainly has visited the coihHuni.S
severely and It's effects are so much more "iue''
diffused than those Of the melanoeses pcipes that
- so,or+iec man will he doing a public service II
,be, will discover what It is and better still. wna'
will combat It. The latest development OF tie
strike germ is to be found In messenger ooy cICeS
These servants Of the public are proverniaHy
slow and 1t is therefore not surprising 'ha' 'io
other strikes are near end when theirs Is ap-
narently only about 10 begin. But the messenger
bo,, is consistent and MS motto Don't hurry
through life" applies his strikes as to otner
things From what could be learned yesterday 'iie
strike Of the messengers, II II takes place at an
will be principally confined to the commercai uis-
t-,cts downtown The principal grievance seems
- he tho fact that the uptown boys paid at the
.ats NJ 2iL cents a message and 10 cents an hour
while the corresponding rates downtown are cents
and 10 cents.
According 10 the statements Of several OF the
BOYS who were asked yesterday. the strike VIII
begin on Monday morning. although there Is as
vet no assurance that ali OF the boys will go out
"It's the Broad-st boys who want TO strike, said
a Postal Telegraph messenger yesterday afternoon
though ! can't why. They make good money.
You see. when broker engages boy he works
eight or ten hours and 10 cents an hour for H.
And the broker usually gives him something on the
outside Still I guess they'll strike
Several American District Telegraph boys ad-
mitted that there had been talk Of a strike among
them and said that II is likely TO come. me TWO
COMPANIES have nearly thousand boys who work
In the commercial district The boys believe that
what will give their strike strength is the fact that
green" boys would prove satisfactory to the
Wall Street men They say that boy who works
for a broker must know every in the Street at
sight and they declare that II would inconvenience
the companies seriously II they should strike
The officials of the companies. on the other hand
sav that II the boys should strike II would not be
serious matter H E. Wilson. manager OF the
receiving and delivery departments OF the Postal
Telegraph ca BILE Company, said last evening:
Il do not believe the boys will strike few
sore heads have done some talking and say that
the bows downtown ought TO be paid much
those in the upper districts They forget the differ
ence In the trips Downtown many Of the trips are
so short that boy cover many OF them In the
time an uptown boy makes single Trip In order
10 take no chances. have already hired .arge
number Of boys. and II there Is strike there
will be no Inconvenience to the public" At the
Office Of the manager OF the receiving and delivery
department OF the American District Telegraph
COMPANY IL was said that nothing had been heard
OF strike but that in case OF one they would
simply transfer messengers from uptown 10 the
affected districts.