The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-09
Is Declared in Dead
Earnest.
A MASS MEETING.
Will be Held Tonight and
Fight is On.


ti12 MT LAST evening al the Lincoln
House and v9,ed 10 boycott the New
YORK Sunday Journal and World on
Sunday, and 70 continue 70 refuse &c
handle =iza=r paper O. Sunday until
further lo-5cz
T1s association zlso voted 10 hold z
mass usz-zz a. Lsbor headquarters.
- S1urhb-l6gz str==:. a. 80 O'Clock To-
night and invite every nswsboy and
1@ws5saler II ths city 70 Be present.
The dealers VII refuse 70 handle
e.th=r The Wc-.t o. the Journal and
VIII sell the New YORK sun and Herald
70 the boys a. AZ cents Per copy. the
p-les they pay the wholesale agents
( The situation VIII BE- fully explained
70 the nswstoys. and they VIII be
asked - pledge themselves that they
viii n2t handle either paper under any
consideration
TIE New York DaDsrs have not de-
clzred what position they will assume
il the matter. but il was said last night
that SmsI army q New York news
boys would De ssnt 70 Worcester on an
early morning train Sunday 10 sell
Worlds and Journals. and that with
thzir help as many papers would De
sol3 as have formally been disposed OF
IN Worcester Of the Sabbath day
?. A EaS-on- The wholesale selling
agent o. the World and Journal, said
last night that IN. two papers had not
decided what % %, and might not
make any move
The nsws5salsrs gathered at the
Lincoln House az so o'clock but they
did not get down 70 business until 2
o'clock President Brow ming presided
and eighteen Of the representative
dealers were present. W ". Birch
representing the New York Sunday
Herald, was invited 10 the meeting. and
he entered into the discussion OF the
evening. and told what MS paper would
do 70 assist The dealers, and offered
them q Uniform rate 20 two Of their
number Of four cents Per copy.
The meeting was Z harmonious ore.
and after nearly TWO hours discussion
Of their grievances, thay voted 10 drop
the world and Journal entirely, as told
above.
Since Monday the dealers have had
petition in circulation. which IN to
last night had been signed by IS retail
dealers The psthition was Z pledge
that both papers would be dropped
SUNDAY and would not be handled IN
I'll further notice
The petition and the names Of the
men who signed il, was as follows:
We. the undersigned newsdeaI-
ers o. Worcester, believing that an
injury mas been done Us by reason
Of the unwarrautsd ADVANCE Of one
cent per copy on the price Of the
Sunday edition OF The New York
world and Journal. hereby agree
ana promise that on and after Feb
T. lcss. We viii not handle these
newspapers until such time as our
interests are respected by the man
agement Of the two papers men
toned
c-Signed)
F. E. DefaIeo, I1s Main; L. H. Brown
ing, 5sS Main; Forest E. Beale. 52S
soutRoridgt: J. F. Hines. 52s South
Dri1ge; 9. II. Benoit, 100 Canterbury:
.. d. NhittemOre, SOC Main; G. X
Aellor, s. Main; A w. Andrews, 7O4
Main; {. X Stebbins, q Park; J. A.
Morse, % Washington square; W. A.
German, Grafton street; Henry Isen-
berg, s. Water: A Barber Main; C.
Il. Adams, 81 Summer; j. r. LOTUS, 90
summer; c. z. Sweeney, So Washing
/ ton square; Sullivan Bros. 164 Front:
Sullivan Bros. 15s Grafton: W. S.
Stone, 2S4 Pleasant; Sullivan Bros,
Milibury; ". J. Lavigne, 55 Wall: F. J..
bergman, 255 Lincoln; ]. ]. Sharon.
Waldo House; ". A Zimmerman. 1873
West; George Paine, ls7 Canterbury:
/ John Morrison. S. Green; Edward ].
Kelly, 17s Main; H. A Hawkes., 3Ol
Main; F. Z. Frost, JOS Main: Joseph
H. Dwyer, I Southbridge; Cornelius
Donahue, Washington square; James
Cove, 1s2 Southbridge: John Green
halge, 142 Minbury: Fred Cramer. "a
Green; Albert Z. Wayland. 10 Green;
Matthew H. Towne Joseph Simard. 20
Trumbull; Peter R. Culbert. 1884, Main.
The petition was presented to the
meeting BY Committeeman Kelley, who
mas clrculaeed it about Worcester since
Monday, and ne told the story of how
he secured the names and the enthusi.
asm ne met with wherever ii was pres.
ented.
The members at first discussed the
aoVisability Of selling the Herald and
sun TO the boys at the exact cost price
and ask them to push the paper they
could make the most money on. There
were some members who favored this
above proceeding, but when the cues.
ton as TO whether it would be as effec.
tive as refusal TO sell the papers OF
handle them in any way was put. the
latter motion was carried unanimously
1t was then discussed pro and cor
some time after which a motion was
made and carried TO hire a hall and hold
mass meeting this evening. and
Messrs. Dorman and Paine were an.
pointed a committee to select a hail
and the two gentlemen left the meet
ing, and upon their return answered
la .1.at they had secured Labor headeuar-
ters for Sl.75 for the evening.
Every dealer present who has any
oeaIlngs with newsboys pledged them
serves 10 spend today among them and
ten them what was wanted and in
ouce them TO be present at tonightis
meeting. Messrs. Kelly, Sullivan. Paine
and Dorman were selected as a com
mittee TO care for the boys at tonight's
mass meeting.
The question arose during the evening
regarding the attitude that would be
pers ne is agent for. and a motion
winch was lost when II came to a vote
was made that If foreign" newsboys
were imported that the association ask
Chief brennan to enforce the law that
boys shall not appear upon the streets
after 10 o'clock in the morning on sun
days.
The above motion was not thought to
De advisable, as their own boys. would
also De driven on the thOroughfares.
the retail dealers have written since
- 80 "a ia o4Au ~buIHdis ASK
ing them to listen to their tale OF woe
The World answered. the letter. but
the Journal did not deign to reply. The
Herald sent w. W. Birch to represent II
and a courteous letter from the sun
states that they could have all the
papers wanted at the regular whole
sale price direct from their Office.
The association also discussed tho
Boston Globe and Herald. which +. a
Easton is also Worcester agent for
and the members decided to see the Ell
feet Of their fight with the World and
Journal and then If they could NOT