The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-26
MESSENGERS GOING BACK.
STRIkE HERE IBOUT OTER -JUST
STARTING orr OF TOWN.

Up the State and in Pennsylvania and Ohio
{ the Youngsters Have Heard of tho DoinGs
In New York md Set About to SurpnAs
Them-A Bnd Tic-Up Mt Syracuse.
mob Of A. u. T. bors marched up Broad
way yesterday noon and tried to tie IN the
messenger service by waylaving all messen-
grrs or duty. The strikers pummeed every
boy they met carrying message and
shouted "srabs' in the doorways OF messep-
ger offices. MANY small boys were intlmi.
dated b. tho force Of the strikers opinions.
and. forgetting what their mothers had told
them with sundry threats, joined the mob.
Choosing between spanking in the future und
, immediate nummeling. they elected not to
get pur melled.
Bnt. somehow or other. the strike didn't go on
as vol a. its agitators wanted IT, and before
night many Of the boys went back to their
Offices siamefacsd looking for work. Not
enough horS quit work {" "rpre the offices
n sc anpg ihe aE cbc T Nn d eenae %,
=, The Postal boys strike came to an end
MM"rr OF the G,ys VINO St TIER ui%si In the
gers Thought the boys had been spanked to
curb In Broad street explained the failure OF
til. strike bv the .owardice o. the "muckers"
who h to- vo si @ns o t4e
a.ra'i 10 join d. EarE. II d"y'd all struck we'd
won in Walk,
Mothers with small boys in tow poured into
the messenger snp"rin 'cndents' offices vester-
day looking, for work for their youngsters
Heading nf the boys s'like in the newspsr-rs
they AZ once sought the vacant places. Many
new boys were AIKEN On at the Postal and A.
SYRACUSE. July - The entire force Of mes
s"nEer boys employed by the Postal Telegraph
CONTAIN In thise.ty went on strike to-day for
an increase of IS n month for BOYS on foot
and So a month for whceboys The strike
is symrath"tic with the, strlk" in New York.
l. tNatp h,s N,rt
months ago and went To- work for tho Postal.
here and messages are received " and delivered Ts
10y tho company over the telephone. An at
tcmlt VA, u mn ,h t" rut boys to work as mes;
after severe mnultng deprived them Of their
badges and tore M their messages,
The syracuse strikers say they intend to go
70 | t"a aud induce tho boys there to go OUT.
hey . gMnGSt nmarInS Sn f'nSht or t"moTrow
announcing their participation and sympathy
CiNciNNAT;. July 25.-The strike started by
today The nc,wsboys OF both evening naEers
BOYS struck tor cheaper pnpers. They have
been getting them two for one cent and gen
ought :" re, them three Tor one s" cent "' Not .e
newshov wa- s""n on public street corners %
Gy npRnR s wsr or base
as there. was nobody 10 Eel! them. Any news
boys attamrting to sell puuers were driven
away ana assaulted ~ the strikers
Considerable trouble was experienced by the
police in handling droves Of juvenile sy m pa
,hz.re. The messenger boys denied resp9nsl-
task for their deurelations Lieut.. ror:,e
P%;r1 s9n Of o%t5o Inn j P.n
ur9n Tie street t1Sre would bea rush, clash
yopthfulnese nt the attacking party the nolice
ala not use their clubs. Patrolman Wise.
y T4S es Rns Soy on
who refused to give her namo. fled from tho
shower of stones and Jumped to the street
AMI over ' and Was brnsed W.e t took a Iter
some OF the youths. but was bonn bardei with
stones. strikers on bicycles followed the
youth. When he returned to the Office he was
The Western Union again used cabs for
get ont OF n cab at the Waahout Street Thea
tire to deliver his message. and the man had to
stein 5 livery stable with a non union boy The
mob followed, and a, FIFTH and Vine streets
cab. stuck hi, hand through the rear window
,bH IT, ,% LSy severe soWs
Clerk Leonard, was endeavoring to deliver
aamessaEe In a cab to tho Gibson House to-day.
Leonard asked the police for aid in delivering
his, message, Subscribers to tho Western
celve the message. One OF them was licked
IN at Fifth und Vino nnd carriedto Race and
Eighth. wh here he wa. badly beaten.
The real cnure of the newsbOys strike was
the refusal Of the newspapers in question
longer to take back ana. napers unsold by the
BOYS. The trouble IA stil unsettled to. night.
with prospects OF renewed disturbances to-
morrow. Thousands of news papers were de.
srroyed Today by the strikers. They forcibly
took the pa ers from new TOYS and tore them
W. or trampled them undsrfoot.
PITTSBrRG. July % After reading the morn
ing papers to- lay some Of the messenger boys
employed by the Central District Printing and
Telegraph Company decided that they had
grievances as well as the boys in New I0rn
and arranged to hold meeting tn 8 evening
Tn" prompt discharg" OF a half dp2cn young
stcrs hIOk sc up the meeting. but thirteen bows
struck. No demands were presented to the
company.
Police Captain Kelly induced the boys to go
home ana send committee to the company's
manager tomorrow morning. Two strikers
w"r" arrested for calling tho boys who re-
mniucd At work scahS.
The boys COMPRISING the night force went to
work at IL O'Clock J. u. None OF the Postal
Telegraph Companvs messengers have struck
yet. but they are talking about formulating
demands for better pay. The chief complaint
Of the G. u. y. and 4. Comrany's boys is that
they have to pay too much for their uniforms