The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-13
TROUBLE
Did Not Materialize
After All.
MANY PAPERS SOLD
And the Spy Was in the
Lead, as Usual.

The battle between the Worcester
Newsdealers' Association and the pub
fishers and agents of the New York
Sunday World and Journal was fought
yesterday in a very quiet manner.
There was no bloodshed on either side,
and those who had anticipated trouble
We're disappointed.
The newsboys surprised even the
dealers. They sold Herald and Sun and
with very few exceptions refused posi-
lively to handle either of the boyootted
papers.
The members Of the Newsdealers' AS
ISOLATION were jubilant last evening,
and claimed that they had gained their
point in every instance and had hurt
the sale of the Journal and World to
the extent of nearly $500 copies by re-
fusing to handle them, and that the
public had shown sympathy for them
to the extent that F. A. Easton and his
agents had many hundred copies to re
turn to New York city today.
The Spy and the New York Herald
were the gamers. They sold like hot
cakes right off a dairy lunch spider and
neither paper could supply the demand.
The Heralds were bought and pushed
by the boys in great shape. The little
ROSTERS took advantage of the chance
to make 21a cents and people who
wanted New York paper laid aside
their feelings and helped the boys out
and bought Herald
The newsdealers got out OF bed bright
and early yesterday morning, and when
they arrived at the depot they found
their neWgboyA waiting impatiently fog
the arrival of the train.
The New York train was over an
hour late The usual number of pa
pers were thrown off on the station
platform and the majority of the boys
bought Heralds and Suns and went
their way rejoicing F. A Easton, his
employees and teams, were also on
hand and they packed away the pa
pers as if there was no trouble in the
air, and the quiet was so oppressive
that it was felt by every one.
+. A. Easton would not discuss the
situation last evening. He said to a
Spy man: 81 think that the public is
tired of this question. If they are not
1 am, and I shall say nothing.
THE Boston train was three and a
half hours late, and the New York train
came into the station one hour behind
time. Outside of the trouble, the de-
Ae1N NeidoCo lliO. i uiu l!Ol Al1OW III lily
place Of business that anything unu-
sual was happening.
Mr.. Easton refused positively to
say that the boycott had affected the
sale of the Journal and World yester-
day.
A Spy man visited nearly all the
neWSdealerS of any prominence during
the day, and found that those who
signed the agreement did not have
either paper upon their counters.
They said that they had had very
people who were in the habit of buying
a World and Journal asked for Her
aid or Sun, seeming to understand
the situation.
Peter Culbert. secretary of the News
dealers Association, said last even
ing:
Hardly any member of our asso-
citation had copy of the Herald at
noontime. They sold like wildfire, and
the public proved by their actions that
they were with US, and would refuse
to buy either paper until our troubles
are settled
we were nohly supported by the
Dogs ana TO them our thanks are due.
The little fellows pushed the Herald.
ana some or them made more money
than they have ever made before.
our first battle is very gratifying.
and we will continue along the same
lines, and hope to eventually get what
we are AFTER
The Spy man approached nearly 20
boys during the day, and asked for
a world or Journal. Invariably the
answer was:
we amt handling dem scab sheets
no more; buy a Herald, mister. IFS a
clean, decent paper"
In anticipation Of trouble, the police
nad their eyes upon the boys during
the early morning hours. An occasional
argument among the youngsters was
the only thing that marred the beau
tiful Sabbath day.