New-York tribune., 1918-09-10
Hearst Agents
Strue to Drive
Out NewsdeQIer
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have bothered you while was head
of this borough"
Mrs. Louis Jcwett Prager, OF Coium-
bia Heights, was another who made
her way to the Williamson stand to
tell the fighting vender what she
thought Of him.
Il have two sons in the army" said
She, "and l am here to say that I will
do anything in my power to help you
in your fight with Hearst"
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Pugslcy. Of 30 Church
Street, Manhattan, told Williamson
that she crossed the river daily to buy
papers from him and support him in
his fight against the Hearst crowd.
"lt's worth going long way to pa
tronize man like you" she said, "and
hope many follow your example. Pm
glad that a man of your stuff has
started the ball rolling"
Supported by Public
r. w. Goslin, of 32 Court Street,
Brooklyn, superintendent of the
Prudential Life Insurance Company
also congratulated the newsdealer on
his attitude.
you're a plucky fellow he said
"to engage in a tilt with the Hearst
bunch, but you have the great salts
faction of knowing that you arc fight
ing for a square deal and good
cause and the public will be glad to
help you win out"
With the gifts sent to him by many
sympathetic patriots, Williamson has
decked his stand out with flags and
pictures of President Wilson and Gen
eral Pershing, with a large card done
in red, white and blue, bearing the fol.
lowing legend:
"Ths newsstand intends to sell
only matter loyal to America at war
and our Allies"
The entire booth is surmounted by
service nag with one star, referring
to brother now with our forces in
France.
The drive of Hearst agents on Har-
lem newsdealers followed visit to
three stand 1T Seventh Avenue and
125th Street by Sergeant Lennon, OF
the 123d Street station. Lennon, ac-
cording to the statements of the three
dealers, |. Smollcr |. Zemsky and Hy-
man Rudnick, informed them that be-
cause complaint had been made against
them, they would have to move their
stands within the stoop line.
Suspect Move by Hearst
The three agreed that the sergeant
was courteous and sympathetic, but
said that he left no doubt in their
minds that for some reason they had
been proceeded against by the city Of
ficials The only reason they could as
sign was that they We're not buying
as many Evening Journals" as the
Hearst agents wanted them to, and one
had refused to pay for "Americans" he
had not ordered and could not sell.
News travels fast in Harlem and it
was not long before dealers from one
end of the district. TO the other had
been told of the fate of these three
men, largely through Hearst agents,
who intimated that others would suffer
the same fate unless they did what
Hearst wants them 20 and push his
publications against the opposition Of
their loyal customers.
On their part. The dealers communi-
: Gated with Mark Moscowitz, president
Of the Harlem Mewsdealers' Associa-
ton, who quickly got into touch with
Mr.. Quigg. The Investigation which
followed developed some conflict Of
j testimony. and the explanation of Cap
tain John D. Ormsby that Lennon had
misunderstood his orders.
|. Zemsky. whose stand is at the
southeast corner, said that Lennon told
him he had been ordered to have the
stands on the three corners there taken
away because of various complaints