New-York tribune., 1918-09-09
Say Hearst Agents
Are Making New Threats
as Court Action lmpends
Hearing on John Will
hanson Injunction To Be
Held Wednesday

The defence fund contributed by pa
triotic citizens to aid the news vendors
who are fighting to free themselves
from Hearst's reign of terror yester-
day passed the $1,000 mark. This is
sufficient to meet expenditures to date,
though, with Hearst's friends in the
city administration apparently deter
mined to use eve J effort to win his
fight for him, and having at their dis
posal the greater resources of the city,
much larger sum will be needed.
I.emuel Ely Quigg, who is handling
the case for the newsdealers, is serving
without compensation, and the money
contributed is being devoted solely to
cash disbursements that must be made
in any lawsuit.
The first of the suits brought by the
venders to protect their means Of live
lihood will come up in the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday,
when Park Commissioner John N. Har-
man. who on Friday revoked John Will
iamson's license after it had been un-
conditonally returned to him, and 70
lice Commissioner Richard E. Enrlght
have been ordered to appear before
Justice Leander B. Faber and show
cause why the injunction under which
Williamson is now doing business
should not be made permanent.
Quigg to Ask Speedy Action
1t is expected the representatives of
the Corporation Counsels office Will
ask for time to prepare for trial. In
the earlier proceeding the Corporation
, Counsel's office twice obtained adjourn
ments, and when facing trial, caused
Wiliamson's license to be restored.
Such an adjournment would not affect
Williamson's business or deprive him
of the protection of the court under
which he is now operating Mr.. Qulgg
will, however, ask for an immediate
hearing.
Williamson, whose stand has been
closed twice because he refused to-han
die Hearst newspapers, in compliance
with the wishes of his patriotic Gus
toners and his personal inclinations,
did more business in the few hours his
stand was open Saturday after Justice
Faber had handed down his restraining
order than he did any previous day
in the eleven years he has been selling
papers at Borough Hall.
Busy Day for Williamson
Some customers who said they came
from q distance, assured him they
would contonue to patrOnlZe him, even
though this meant some Inconvenience,
and others volunteered to give MN
their magazine business, which has
been going to dealers who display less
patriotism than he does.
From the Hearst standpoint the ef-
feet of this on other dealers was bad,
and to hold these in line new threats
were made against them, many. news
dealers Of Manhattan and Brooklyn re-
ported. According to the Hearst
workers, the Williamson injunction Will
not serve to save his business, ana
thev saw that when Williamson is
beaten in his fight others who may act
as he does will fare the same way.
On the other hand, assurances have
been given that those who stand by
Hearst will be taken care of. In some
instances dealers have been told that
when choice stands become vacant
through the revocation OF the licenses
of those who do not do as the Hearst
crowd Wills they will be given to those
who stand by Hearst.
Williamson said yesterday that every
dealer he had met had congratulated
him on being back in business at the
old stand.
S1.4O hundred copies FOR papers they
have to sell to the junkman for 25
cents a hundred pounds as am" said
he, "and they do not like the abuse of
customers for selling Hearst sheets
anv more than | do"