The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
NEWSBOYS STRIKE SMELLS.
HITS THE ROBBER BARONs 4 MOST
PAINFUL 0HACk.

BluecoRted Servants of Capital Break Up
the Parade of Labor and Arrest Lot
of Her unnoted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. De-
manded by Strike Committee Il ON Editor
The newsboys. who are conducting the only
strike In town. say It will continue until the
price OF tho ed-headcd evening jourra ais ComeS
down to 80 cents n hundred. which II the
wholesale rate Of the other one-cent evening
PAPERS The circulation managers OF the
evening editions OF the H0rH and Jom7dl
made another effort to unto the'tic.up yes
terday by selling first three and then 1--WE
papers for cent. and finally giving papers
away to those who would take them. The only
apparent result OF this simple strategy was to
get ono or two small BOYS. whose.cupdlty was
too much for them. into n hear Of trouble. and
to induce n half dozen thick young men in
black sweaters to take.up thelsale of thepapers.
Few bought OF thsm-a fact which the news
boys as whole took to he sign that the pub
lie 10 with them in their fight.
Kid Blink who is sometimes called Red
Blink on account OF the color Of his hair. was
In command yesterday of the Park row strk-
ere. who practically organized tho strike The
Kid announced yeste rday afternoon.tbat things
were going on beautifully and that lie could
see success ahead IL the boys only held to-
gether
and City boys and the Brooklyn boys oil with
u.s." said the Kid with a smile OF satisfaction,
and II the rapsrs can stand 1t we can. was
talking with man this morning who tells me
that the ORD and journal advertisers is n
kickin' about putting up for ads in paper
that ain I got no circulation. II we can get the
advertisers with us we win In n walk. Any
way. we're going to hold out"
Kid Blink and his colleagues are not con-
cealing the fact that they wholly approve OF
violence In the cause OF labor The journal
lug up three or four young men Of muscle and
sent them on; on Park row with Papers. The
strikers looked them over carefully and con
Guided that they couldn't punch this>crowd out
OF business. Too many OF their number have
already been arrested Tor using violence. SO
they decided to talk II over with the men.
Their talk was In vain and they we're planning
some safe revenge when a small boy came out
with Journals under his arm. lie took his
place on the sidewalk and n policeman lined
up alongside Of him. The strikers were nom
plussed for a moment Here was a boy who
vas sadly In need Of licking and one to whom
n licking could be administered with safety
but for the presence OF the policeman. Two
boys got near enough to warn the boy to quit.
but he looked at the policeman and told them
to 90 away.
The strikers drew or to talk IL over Plainly
something must be done. The leaders de-
clared that b arefeced defiance BY a mere Kid"
would demoralIze the rank and ne II left IN
punished. Yet there was tho policeman with
night stick and there was the les son OF three
Of their number already sent to juvenile asy-
lums for assaultnG scabs. The leaders were
at their Wits ends.
Up spoke Young Myers. sometimes called
Young Mush. on account Of his fondness for
taking his girl to Corlears Hook Park sunday
evenings.
That cops too IA to run fast an I'll get
him after me II you'll tend to the scab when he
gets away" he snid.
The leaders promised to attend to the scab
II Young Myers would remove the policeman
Walking innocently NO TO the JonHdt boy
Myers grabbed handful Of his rapers aud
ran as fast as his legs would carry him. The
journal boy yelled for help and away went the
policeman at ter Young Mush. The journal
boy watched the pursuit with interest. A sec
ond later he had other things to think about
Fifteen strikers surrounded him and the blows
came in thick and fast. The Journals that he
had were taken away and torn mo ribbons
His nose began to bleed an d his eyes to swell
under the punching he was getting. He
bawled for mercy and two clerks came out
from tho .lonrnat Office one OF them was hit
u
bear, and ne and his comranion retired. Then
a policeman came up and the strikers retired.
leaving tneir victim very much the worse for
wear. few minutes later they caught him
again at the corner OF Frankfort street. Tnes
invited him 70 jon them, which he did in IA
tncE on boy who was trying e smugeie
some Worlds and Jo"rndi' over 10 Brooklyn.
This was really, the NEST violent affair Of
the day, although several other nOh-union
it seems. missed several OF their men on Fri
terday they were viewed with SUSPICION ma it
was whispered TINT they had taken baseball eY-
tras uptown and SID them in th ere resident
when two OF the SUSPECTS came out Of tho JOur-
nal office yesterday afternoon with their hands
In their pockets whistlhg ihnocently. suspi.
They've got the naper;s under their coats"
up the innocent ones moment later they
"Scaba! Scnta!" yeiel the strikers, and
hundred newsboys rushed IN To take n hand
In the necessary diselrne Two policemen
dispersed the boys. but not before they had
administered good punching to the snug
Around the bridge entrance the strikers had
hard work mniptainine their supremacy. Sow;
forth there. aud, besides that. there nre so
many. policemen ut this point that raid. to he
body is going TO be caught. Then. again, these
World and journal newsboys are men and can
fight. which is the only reason they are selling
papers. and. altogether. an attack on them Is
frnuRht with. SO much danger that the boys
were INCLINED Yesterday to let them alone.
It isn't these men; though, that the boysare
so bitter aga INST. They sell very few popers
and have really hurt the cause Of the strikers
hut little. The newswomen around the bridge
entrance. though. have established trades.
and while they all pretend to tie assisting in
The strike. several have already been caught
ceiling the bOycotted pnpers hauling them out
from under their shaws when they are called
for by customers. This base deceit has mn
gered the boys very much. but they are at q
loss TO find remedy.
"A Teller can't soak n lady" said XII Bluk.
and yer cant get Mt them women's scnb
papes without sJakin' them. Well have to let
them alone. I guess. Anyway. we've got
Annie with us. Yer can bet there amt no
Worlds or Journals under her skirts"
Away from Park row the PRINCIPAL strike
avenue ant Thirty. third street and broadway.
These are Distributing depots and li0ridS and
Journals 90 VI there by wagon. The Park
row boys have had the UPTOWN boys with
them from the first and these latter have been
on Runrl daily at the distribution points. They
have full limo OF strike signs. which they wear
en- their hats or rHste up in cunspcuOuS places,
asking for the support Of tho public.
They have kent the weak ones in line SO well
the past few Gays that they are Juhilaut. and
yesterday they became so demonstrative in
the Tenderloin that policemen were sent
around TO Greeley square TO- keep them NOV