New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

business of the federation, Lemuel
Ely Qugg, counsel for the striking
newsboys, will act as treasurer of the
fund for the relief of those strikers
who may be in need through the cut
ting off Of their earnings.
Checks for this purpose should be
sent to Mr.. Quigg's office, 32 Liberty
Street
members will do as they are ordered
but the sentiment Of the men is with
the dealers. Many of the police, in
Guiding some of the men of higher
rank, are ex-newsboys. They under
stand something of the conditions
which they are compelled to labor un
der, and sympathize with them
Abraham Myefsky and Joseph Kap-
linsky, two Borough Hall dealers,
Licenses referred to the police after he
had given them to understand that
their licenses had been cancelled, were
doing business as usual yesterday.
"l',n going to stay here until the po-
lice tell me to close up said Myefsky.
"No one has bothered me yet, and l
do not expect that they will"
"Me, too" said Kaplinsky. "Ill stop
when the police tell me to, for l am a
law abiding citizen. But l am not
afraid Of the police playing any dirty
trick. They have always used me
right. But, of course, if policeman
his orders. He is working for his liy
ing, just the same as l am
New Intimidation Tried
This method of intimidation having
failed, another method was tried yes
terday. When the newsdcalers reached
their locations yesterday they found
newly painted stands in place. These
they found had been located by Hearst
inspectors. Who had the licenses, if
any there be, for these stands, nobody
"newsies" tell by whom they were 60
ing to be used.
Lewis Jacobson, of "a Cook Street,
Brooklyn, who has stood at the kiosk
in Tyrone Row at the junction Of Park
Row and Centre Street for two years,
said that about 2 o'clock yesterday
wagon drove up to his place and took
away an old stand that had been
loaned to him by journal" inspectors.
IA few hours later" continued
jacobson, "the wagon came back again
with a new stand. Samuel Lewis, an
inspector for The Evening Journal
came over to me and said: You aren't
selling any Journals 2" | said NO,
and I don't intend to- He said, well,
look out, then and they put new
stand where mine was. | don't know if
they intend to place another man at
my spot or not. They told me not to
use this stand.
II don't know who has the license for
1T, but | am going to use it, It's my
spot, and | have permit to use it, and
they'll have to have a lot of cops to get
me away from it. They tried to force
me to sell nothing but Journals
tell you l don't intend to stand for
their stuff any more, and | don't care
if they build circle Of their own
stands around me-"
Two Stands Set Up
Two other stands we're placed yes
terday at the entrance to the Munich
pal Building.
"These two stands" said Mrs. An
drew Stanton, who has been peddling
papers there for many years, "were
frighten us and lead us to believe that
other people were coming here to COM
pete with us. The licenses, | under
stand, have been obtained by Samuel
Lewis, a journal inspector. | have
been trying to get permit for this
location for years, but nobody seemed
TO think it was necessary. | have been
sent from pillar to post, and they all
said: Don't worry; it's all right 4"
Mrs Stanton then told how she had
been called to the Office of Commits
sioner NJ: $. Loughman, of the Depart
ment Of Public Works, on Friday morn
ipu and cuestiOnaA hv tho comm,
sioner.
"The Commissioner asked me if had
permit to sell papers at the entrance
to the Municipal Building" she said
"I told him ] did not have stand
and how | had been sent to every Of
fetal in the city in order to get a H.
cense for one. He asked me if | sold all
the papers, and said that would have
to get d permit from the Bureau of
Plants and Structures.
"'This is the first time he said, i
have ever done anything like this, but
III have to make you observe the law
He then told me there was no objec-
tion to my standing out on the pave
ment near the gutter | told him I
wouldn't sell Hearst papers if l had
"Yet here Ae these two stands
showed at US as a threat, nobody using
them, but you can bet some Evening
Journal man has the license tucked
away in his pocket. You can see the
Hearst gang owns the city administra-
ton, body and soul"
Loughman Explains
Commissioner Loughman, when asked
if he was acting under orders, said he
was not
81 did it on my own account said
he. II saw the Mayors orders in the
papers and wanted Mrs. Stanton to OBJ
serve the law. | called her up because
she was prime mover in the strike
told her she could not sell papers un-
der the building unless she had per-
nit from the Bureau of Plans and
Structures"
He denied that he asked her if she
was selling all the papers or what
papers she sold
George Rosenhauer, who sells after
noon papers at the foot of the Brook
lyn Bridge stairway, alongside Of
! Perry's drug store, also found news
stand at his place.
"This is a Globe stand," said Eos-
enhauer, "but Samuel Lewis, q journal
inspector, put it there The cops
around here haven't said anything
about it, and 50 I guess it's all right.
| don't really know whether they IN
tend should use the stand or whether
Il.