The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-25
COPS SCARE MESSENGER BOYS
STRIk Frs DRtW IP POST a.
DfNiND> t\D SHE'D ami
Their Heroic Leader Dives Into a Dark
Hole aud the Rrsi Flee when Police
man ar Two Arrive The Postal
waik out VIA, Take Place To-day.

Alter d,.CiduS oG demands 20 b. made
uu h-half OF ~. Postal Telegraph Com
pauv messenger bows TO h- submitted
TODAY and enforced hv strik. threat
"A meeting al III" striking 4. -. /. boys
and many Postal bows ~ I, South street
last nigh; oruI>. up III sudden disorder
ON tn" appearance Of policeman and
one nr two detectives
parads of the striS.rS 20 IA. hail
pr,.r-c'.'d The meeting They pslss,,d.
cheering - they went the main "fiic" Of
IN" Western Union Telegraph Com
pany AT 49, Broadway. where. 'he Leaders
SAID they saw Manager Wilson IA front
Of IN" bulding.
The chairman ut th" meeting ~as
Nathan Hoffman. -trIn. leader ami -or p
gari,.r- of IN. A u I messenger hoy-
The Demands whlch w"rs drawn Mp
and which will h- submitted - Manager
H.nn"--..v 1T 'h. Postal dI-trIC, mes
--rg-r service aud Supr LEONARD ot tn"
Postal Telegraph rumpanv to-day are
Th. wages of lr,s---nE-r- tn Ia. s. in
stead of 81 g. a wees. paw for work on
every other sunday boys to pay =. cents
instead at ~ cents "A week for uniforms,
an eight hour worn day. abolition ot the
tintng system. 81 a week. InCrea-'' ni pay
Tor ~-.'rg.au'- me- discrimination against
any one for activity IN unlon matters
and an Increase ~ nn.-hilf cent each
for yail- and deliveries
When the. demands w.r. agreed ON tn"
polirenan w?S nn'ic.,i IN the hall
Get nut" shouted - voice. and every
body ruoh up The cry In" Policeman
wont ont and returu-d with IN" de'.C
tIV-- According 70 -"tn" Of the Older
BOYS Their. was no evidence that the
p,lic-inan wss there for any purpose
except L. preserve order. \ stamp.Ci.
started however hoffman. saving
They - after me- mad. IRISH for a
drnr and vanished through a DARK pas
sag. Tho Policeman who looked on IN
as'nn-hm"ui. w.I. nearly thrown ufF his
fee, ~ the boys rushed ont In less han
a mirrut. IN" place was cleared.
III. striking \ n. T. me-ssnger bows
parad.-i =. intervals III different parts
DF Manhattan yesterday aah Cheersi
every time, they passed an office II IN.
American Dis'rrc- Telegraph Company
The strike 0aad"-- reported tina. 100 81
IN" Postal m,as,euge" boys ~e"a acting
a. voliInt@.' pjcksrs. bat only thirty
Post al messengers went on strik.
Meetings Il the strikers wer" held al
ttrei- h.aduua-t.rs IN the basement ~
2 ~ ata stree. where speeches were mad.
by socialist organizers and othe-S
special edition ~ socialist pap.: was
issued. the proCa.$ts ~ 'h" sale of which
are - 90 Ia he S'rk" fund Tn" had
uIIa-;a-s will move to-day 10 3iI Nest
stree. tn. ne. of which has baan given
10 III. STRIKERS bv m" Marine Cooks | MON
\ strike rornmi'te" - preparing AN
arp.al So fathers and muth.-s skiing
them - veil -h.Ir boys not To- TAX" ih.
places ~ striker
sup DANIEL >s"i'on ~ 'G- \ - T
rl...-sngc. ..-V!'' sad la IN" "pmpauv
had more than enough hnv~ for n holiday
uS. Yesterday Appur nn--haf ~ The
bows did not strike h. SAID
-Thi, r'ri,..- h. SAID. - the annual
waIkou' coming laf"r than usual II
generally -aLaS piac. when IN" baseball
season - vol .!nt.r way When II comes
'n pas dav .Ny.C, III. boy, mothers
" III have -uru.'hIug 20 ~av