The times., 1899-07-25
NEW yoRK,s NEwsBoY STRIKE.
A Fierce Boycott on the "Evening
worId'' and "JournaI."

NEW XORh'S NEWSBOY SIhlkE.
A Fierce Boycott on the Evening
World" and "JournaI."
New York, July 24.-The striking news
! boys had the afternoon editions of the
World" and journal tied up tighter than
a double bow knot today. over Sunday
their union grew at an amazing rate. and
very few real newsboys undertook TO sell
| the tabooed sheets today. Those who did
sold practically no papers, and for every
/ one they did dispose OF they had three
scares.
Both the ''yeliows" slipped a cog yesteT-
| day and neither one put out an afternoon
edition. For this the strikers were more
| than grateful, since all last week they had
been kept busy keeping the so-called scabs
on the jump and they needed rest. They die
not rest all over, though. They merely
| gave their fists and feet a day off anc
1 turned their attention to brain work. Word
was circulated far and wide that there was
10 be an evening meeting down in Pike
/ Street. and soon after O'Clock the boys
! began to make their appearance. The
4 speakers waited for a more fashionable
hour. 1t was o'clock when they brought
! up in Pike Street, and then they explained
| that they would not detain the crowd for
! long, as there was hard work to be done
today.
Feithat Farrell, recently in from the
West. made the main talk.
'Feilers," he said, the yellows is on de
run. We've got EN- goin'. WHAT we wants
TO do now is to keep tight hot an not let
'em stop. Dere it, an dey knows it. Don
take no con, an dom be easy Tomorrow's
de big day in dis fight. De ''Joinal' folks
has hung ont de sign of truce an tomor-
row deyl say wether or not dey means it
Everybody hang together an we've got
1 EN-"
Mr.. FarrelTs remarks were well received,
and when he had concluded there was
general discussion of the situation. 1t
was decided that the union ought TO have
| a badge or emblem, and after heated
argument, ten cornered, a button was Sc
lected as the proper form OF badge. The
boys were unable TO decide on the motto
to go on the button, and the matter of
final selection was left to a committee of
three. The buttons will probably appear
in profusion within day OF so.
The boys still insist that they ought to
get afternoon editions OF the yellows two
for cent. and the men in the circulation
departments of both newspapers, while al
most giving away their papers now, will
not promise not to go back to the old rate
of ten papers for six cents as soon as
the strike is over. Up to date both sides
have held out steadfastly as far as the
main issues of the fight are concerned.
The circulation manager Of the Even
ing World concluded on Saturday night
| that be would turn a trick of his own so
put an advertisement In the Sunday horror
saying that he wanted able bodied men to
sell papers. According to the advertise
ment the men would receive 50 day and
40 cents hundred for all the papers they
scld. The horror, as usual was smuggled
into the Bowery lodging houses, and, read
ing the tempting offer, 'the never worked
and-never- Wills fell over themselves in
their haste to get over to 139 Mott Street,
where they were directed to report.
The World stables are at 1S9 Mott
Street, and there several strong looking
young men looked over the alleged able
bodies. Any who looked as though they
we're out of fighting trim were turned down
without further ado. The others, those
who looked as though they could bite
through tin, were instructed to go down
10 the academy of crime and climb to the
second floor. The crowd which gathered
there was invited into a room half filled
with unsold extras and there young man
told the callers what they were expected
to do. One of the main things they were
told was TO call again early this morning
AS result of this the gifted tome" COW
cred an unusually hard crowd today. The
would-be "newsboys," most of them wear
ing boards, were taken into an empty room
and made 10 sign their names on a roll.
When twenty-five had been stacked in a
corner they were sent out 10 prey upon
whom they might. With each gang of TWEEN
ty-tive went an inspector, regularly en-
ployed on the paper, who carried with him
a slip made out in one OF the padded cells.
instructing him TO take his men TO a GER
tain section of the city and there await
the coming Of the wagons carrying the red
headed extras. The inspectors looked as II
they were ashamed of their followers as
they led the push out on Park Row, but
on the other hand. the push looked Just as
much ashamed when it thought over what
was before #.
II was explained to the able bodied,
grown-up "newsboys" that they would
have 10 sell papers if they wanted to get
the 81 pay. On hearing this some of them
kicked. They had not gone into the thing
with the intention of working. The in
speetors said that, arriving at their desti-
nation, they were TO wait for the wagons.
When they came each man was to take a
bundle of papers and hustle. The in
spector explained that he was to see that
there was no loafing.
A half dozen out of almost every twen-
ty-five on hearing all this told the in
spectors that if they wanted to watch them
they would have to come up the Bowery,
and they started for that thoroughfare,
sorry that they had ever left it, Others
wandered off when they learned that the
crowds were not to stay together
Few Worlds" or Journals" were Of
fered for sale in the downtown section OF
the city this morning and in almost every
case the vendors were men whose appear
ance was enough TO scare off prospective
customers.
Owing 10 bad weather the parade set for
this morning was postponed The leaders
OF the strike movement think that it ought
TO be held early in the day before the red
extras get widely circulated, and on this
accoun: they frowued on suggestions that
1t take place this afternoon. You'll have
enough TO do this afternoon without carry
in banners" they said, and by unanimous
consent the parade went over
The yellow which comes from under der
tome received another setback at 10
O'Clock when the drivers of some of the
wagons which help spread 1t decided
to quit work.-New York Sun
To Install HndIey on October is.
New Haven. July 24.-E has just been
decided that the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Hadley, OF Yale University, Will be
held on Wednesday. October IS The ex-