New-York tribune., 1918-08-30

swer. Unofficially they have been in
formed that the publishers are not as
solid in their support of Hearst as they
have been, and the hope is expressed
that there may be an amicable adjust,
ment of the matter.
The motion Of Lemuel Ely Quigg,
counsel for the venders for an injunc-
ton against the License. Park and Po-
lice commissioners restraining them
from interfering with the business of
John Williamson, a Borough Hall
dealer, will come up in the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn this morning be-
fore Justice Edward B. Lazansky. 1t
is expected that the Corporation Coun-
sel's office will ask for more time in
which to meet the issue.
Hearst Attitude Despised
An illustration of the extent to which
public sentiment has turned against
the Hearst papers was noted yesterday,
when, in reply to a letter from the
circulation manager of "The New York
American" lauding in the most extrava-
CANT terms the editorials of Arthur
Brisbane in that paper, George c..
Usher, general manager of the Green
Fuel Economizer Company, of 80 West
Street, sent the following communica-
tion to the Hearst agent:
Mr.. w. R. Anderson,
Circulation Manager of "The New
York American.
Dear Sir: We received your com
munication of August 22 entitled
What Arthur Brisbane Thinks About
the News of the Day"
We feel most indignant even to re-
ceive letter from such periodical
as "The New York American" We
do not care tinker's curse what
either "The New York American" or
Arthur Brisbane thinks of the news
of the day. From extracts in other
papers which we have seen from "The
New York American" we should i'm
agine Mr.. Brisbane and Mr.. Hearst
must be deeply disappointed in the
news of the day.
We despise most cordially the
whole attitude of the Hearst papers.
We attach herewith list Of the
employees of this company at this Of
flee. which clearly states how they
stand on the question of Mr.. Hearst.
We greatly admire the campaign
which THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE
is courageously waging against
"Hearstism and Defeatism."
We wish this enterprising Amer-
can newspaper every success and
hope that it will before long be the
means of crushing what we consider
one of the greatest dangers that this
country has to face. We believe in
| fighting the Huns at home as we'll as
abroad.
The undersigned, holding the here
matter mentioned positions in this
company do hereby pledge ourselves
not to purchase or read any daily
newspaper published or owned partly
or as a whole by William Randolph
Hearst.
(Signed) George c. Usher, general
manager; F. Brinckerhoff, New York
sales manager; R. G. Pundt, estima-
tor; A. W. De Revere, general sales
f. Rookman, M. E. Begins and J. V.
| Falasca.
Hearst Men Domineering
Further evidences of the abus,
heaped upon the newspaper vender
by Hearst agents were noted yester
day.
Mrs. Ida Gardella, who is the sol,
support of two children and an invalit
mother at SO East Houston Street, ant
who has for many years been selling
papers at her little stand at Bleecke
and Lafayette streets. describing he
trials with "The Journal" agents, said
81 began to feel the effects of th
Hearst crowds domineering tactic
when the papers went up to two cents
They started by insisting that l pusl
their sheets into the face of the peopl
and then on several occasions cut M
out of papers altogether, through shee
capriciousness or to show me that the
could leave me stranded if they fel