The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
OF Newsboys to Be
Formed.
BOYCOTT RATIFIED
By Boys Who Attend the
Mass Meeting.
Died: In this city,
Feb. 8, the New York
Sunday World and
Journal.


The above obituary was written by
William McGrail, a newsboy, at the
mass meeting held at Labor headquar-
ters last evening by the retail news
dealers and newsboys of Worcester,
which was called for the purpose of
getting the boys to pledge themselves
not to handle or offer for sale the New
York Sunday World and Journal. At
ter the obituary was written, the forty
TWO boys present unanimously and very
Vociferously planted their seal of ap-
proval upon the notice and cried in
chorus: Denis our sentiments and
We'll stick to EN- or die"
Forty-two boys and 10 newsdealers
answered .he call to be present at the
mass meeting, and the boys between
their serious moods filled in the time
cutting up as many pranks as a cage
ful Of monkeys would cut up in Bar
NUNS greatest show on earth
President Browning was not present
at the meeting and H. A. Hawks pre-
sided. He hollered himself hoarse in
an endeavor to quiet the rising spirits
of the youths at s o'clock, and finally
succeeded in getting a chance to tell
Them for what purpose they were as
5embled. Mr.. Hawks said:
1T remains for you boys to decide
whether we can successfully carry out
our intention of not handling the Sun
day Worlds and Journals. We want a
fo q
stick by us. F. A. Easton is to blame,
although he has said he is not.
THE Herald and Sun can be bought of
the retailers on Sunday for Az cents
per copy. We want you to pledge your
selves not to carry Worlds and Jour
nals, but push the Heralds and Suns.
What do you say?"
The boys cheered and cries of we
will! we will! came from all parts of
the room. The boys cheered every
body and called loudly for w. w.
Birch, the representative of the Her
aid. Mr.. Birch was the most popular
man at the meeting. He said in part !:
Boys, you are out for the dollars.
and the question is, would you rather
make IL cents on each paper or 21h
cents? You want to sell Heralds Sun
day. There may be other papers, but
the Herald is the paper.
II SOu lllCSl d man on the streets
Sunday and he asks you for the other
papers, tell him you cannot make
money this cold weather on the World
or Journal. Explain the matter to the
man fully. Don't lay down in the
snow, but yell Heralds all the time,
ASK the customer to take a Herald or
a sun as a favor to you.
/, what DO you say, are you out for
the stuff"
Pandemonium reigned supreme after
Mr. Birch had taken his seat, and one
enthusiastic boy drew the outlines of
a pig on blackboard and marked ii
journal and World, and underneath
wrote the inscription: "This is a
pig
Newsdealers Kelley, Sullivan. Hawks
and rooney explained the situation
and asked the boys to pledge them
selves and stick to that pledge, and
said that if they followed that course
the World and Journal would soon dror
made. NC
A. j. Kelley jumped to his feet after
the boys had been addressed in a mild
way and said
"A short time ago they were laying
Ior sullivan and with clubs, and you
want to lay for those who sell Journals
and Worlds as they laid for us"
kelley's remarks fell like a shot from
Dewey's Manila guns in the boys mids;
and they yelled and stood upon their
rect and waved their hats like a pack
of demons.
Presiding Officer Hawks called loud
ly for order, and when quiet was re-
stored said that he did not favor any
such procedure, and asked the bows ia
not attempt any such thing, no matter
What happened. Other dealers also ad-
Vised caution
The hoUo Hvey.a
opinion and voted to boycott both the
World and the Journal and gave their
names to be attached to the following
agreement:
We, the undersigned, agree to-
not handle Journals or Worlds
on Sunday, and will not sell
them until further notice"
Following is list of the boys who
gave their names in favor of the reso-
luton:
Michael Walsh, Edward Leverty,
Willie Eisenberg. Joseph S. Eisenberg'
Harry Healey, Charles A. Ward, Jos.
Chelefou Ike Kisoff, Joseph Quinian,
Danny Mccormick, Henry Eisenheart
Jerry Dane. John f. Mack. Jake Mar
kunsky. John McGovern, George Leb-
man. Peter F. Fay, Harry Osheroff.
Willie Conley Joseph Friedman. Ken
meth Toomey Israel Black. John Null
lin. Mike Kisloff, Wolf Cotton, Leopold
Goldleat. Harry Lehman.
Twenty-eight boys signed the reso-
luton. Several refused to give fhei,
names. but said they were not opposed
to the motion, and three boys were said
by the dealers to be boys who did moi
sell papers on Sunday.
The dealers suggested that the BOYS
organize an association of their own
ana the motion, was put to them, and
they voted to do so. The BOYS were
asked to name their president and