New-York tribune., 1918-08-21
Nine Associations to War
On Publications Aiding
American and journal
SLIPS Are Issued
Against Newsboys
Queens, Brooklyn and Man.
haitian Unite in War
on Unfairness

Manhattan newsdealers have for.
mally joined in the war on Hearst
newspapers. At a mass meeting in
Beethoven Hall, 21o Fifth Street, last
right, several nunared representatives
of nine newsdealers' associations and
newsboys' unions, with a combined
membership of 5000 in Greater New
York, resolved:
T To stop selling The Ne1v York
american and The Erening Journal
and (2) to adopt retaliatory measures
sganst the newspapers that support
Hearst in this fight by cutting off the
usalers who will not accept and sell
the Hearst papers as usual.
The meeting later enthusiastically
voted in favor of motion offered by
Jerry Lyons, whose stand is located at
the Brooklyn Bridge, to declare a strike
against any and all newspapers which
persist in charging them at the rate Of
sl.40 per hundred for their papers. The
meeting adjourned Immediately after
placing itself thus squarely on record.
In introducing the motion Lyons de-
clared that now that the dealers were
united in their fight there was no rea-
son for leaving the slightest doubt as
to their attitude toward all papers.
I'VE have no favorites in this fight!"
shouted Lyons. "Any paper that in
sists on charging us an unfair price is
cur enemy. One is the same as an
other"
Then he introduced his motion, which
was carried promptly.
Nine Organizations in Fight
Inc associations represented at last
nlghts meeting were the Brooklyn
Newsdealers' Protective Association,
Vaesns Newsdealers', Harlem News
dsalers', West Side Stationers' and To-
acconlsts', West Side Newsdalers',
Circle Newsdealers', Yorkville and
bronx Newsdealers' associations. Sam
vel Rothbart, president of the Queens
Ooro Stationers' and Newsdealers' AS
ssciation, presided.
sariier in the day Long Island news
4per venders, headed by J. Hirsch, de-
'ia'o to act in sympathy with the met
,0polltan strikers, adopting the fol-
owing resolutions:
whereas, Mr. William Randolph
hearst hypocritically advocates fair
ness and justice to the workingman
YET consistently denies a square deal
70 newsdealers;
whereas, Mr.. Hearst dominates the
publishers of all the New York
papers, except The New York
Tribune, and,
whereas, the newsdealers in the
metropolitan district are putting up
= heroic fight to obtain a fair profit
.'0'n the newspaper publishers dom
mated by Mr.. Hearst.
and, Whereas, many news dealers
-" oe drIVen out of business if the
oppressive influence of Mr.. Hearst
permitted to continue.
DC 1t Resolved, That the news-
9eaisrs of Long Island act in SYM
nShy with any measures taken by
hewsdealers Of the metropolitan
s'"nct in refusing to handle The
~" iors American and The Even
as Journal"
enordered Papers Delivered
brooklyn ncwsdealcrs stated yester-
INA, the American News Company
'"s distributing agency for the publish.
' asain delivered to them quantities
"ew York Americans" and Even,
"s Journals" along with the othe,
s,sps.s, despite the fact that the orders
a.s -, ''e Hearst papers mad been individ
~ 's cancelled by the dealers. A com.
as I" the government on tho re-
"ns wastaxe OF paper has beer
A'e action Of the other evenin,
.. a.ss,s in refusing supplies TO th,
"sooys ~ who would not buy Hearst
sh'hy Journal waa the cause O
"s hsrdship and much bitter feeling
discrimination was not general, bu
continued on Inst poge
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