New-York tribune., 1918-08-28
Fight Against Hearst;s Papers
Begun Actively on Long Island
is too we'll understood TO call for any

is TOO we'll understood to call for any
explanation.
Andrew Stanton, president of the
Newsboys Union, headed the delega-
tlon which put the case of the boys
before ex-Sheriff Foley. Mr. Foley told
stanton he was we'll aware they were
the victims of an unfair system.
Il am sorry" said he, chat I can't
DO much practical good for you boys,
but, you know, have always been
your friend and desired to see the men
and boys in your business obtain all
due consideration under the law.
VI think your stand, that you be per-
mitted to conduct your business with
out threats and domination, and in ac-
cordance with the law, is a fair one,
and l hope the public officials and the
people generally will be persuaded to
see the justice of your claims. AS I
understand it, the Mayor is the re-
sponsible party in the present affair,
and l feel that any immediate action
on your claims will have to come
through him. You have my best
wishes"
Mrs. Annie Doyle, 61-year-old widow,
who has conducted newsstand in City
Hall Park for more than thirty years,
in describing the intolersble treatment
meted out to her by the Hearst agents,
remarked: Germany has her Kaiser
and we have our Hearst, and that's why
so many poor people are unhappy.
"A route man from The Sum came to
me the other day." said Mrs. Doyle,
"and warned me that unless I could
show a lot of Evening Journals
would not get any Suns told him
| wouldn't let anybody tell me how
many papers l must buy or what papers
! must take. Well he said, I'm carry
ing out orders There's the Hearst
influence for you"
"You know" she continued, chat
whenever I have any Hearst papers I
have to hide them, because | have al
ready lost much trade through being
compelled to handle them. The people
have turned against them. Last night
! was stuck with fifty Evening Jour
nails and I stayed up till o'clock in
the morning trying to get rid of them.
Many of the newsboys come up to me
early In the evening and want to sell
nothing. They say that sometimes
they can't give them away"
Joseph Schatz, whose little s5and at
Wall and South streets has BEEN a
familiar sight to the financial men Of
the district for the last five years, as
serted that SO abusive have the Hearst
inspectors and drivers been to him that
Hearst paper as long as live"
Schatz said his papers were frequent
ly cut off because he refused to do the
bidding Of journal" employees. and
that at one time lie sought redress
through the United Newsdealers' Asso-
ciation of New York, but that organiza-
ton proved powerless in the face of
the Hearst influence.
II have wife and two children ,,
said Schatz. "and these Hearst people
nearly took our bread and butter from
us with their impossible demands.
They always insisted that take more
papers than could sell! | was Stuck
more often than not, yet they always
cried. more. more The men who buy
papers from me are serious minded and
patrlotlc and the sight of the Journals
PROMPTED them to ask me why I was
so ANXIOUS to sell them. They didn't
know that it was only because didn't
want to get stuck with them and nre
vent loss' -
Hearst workers have been taking
cnances IN an attempt to increase the
circulation of "The American" on Long
Island. Two Tribune purchasers at
Hempstead recently found tucked in
which gave a sample of Arthur Brjs
oanes writing and invited those who
liked it to subscribe for "The Ameri-
can" The Tribunes containing Hearst's
advertisement tucked inside were sold
at tho Long Island News Company's
stand in the Hempstea6 station.
One OF the instances was revealed bv
Edward A. Titus, 94 Columbia Street,
Hampstead. He wrote The Tribune as
follows:
The Tribune served notice on the
Long Island News Company yesterday
to see that the "stufflng" was stopped
at once; calling the company's attention