New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
Newsboy Strike
Spreads to Bronx;
Hylan Aid Sought
Call" and ''Brooklyn
Times Only Papers
Sold on Streets

The strike of newsboys and news
Of s1.20 hundred for two-cent papers.
as against the s1.40 rate fixed by the
publishers, spread yesterday to The
Bronx, involved a larger portion Of
Harlem and parts Of Queens and made
the purchase of the popular dailies diff
ficult in all parts of Manhattan.
In the greater city the only papers
to circulate freely were "Thc CALI
which yielded to the demands Of the
dealers on Saturday, and "The Brook
lyn Times" which made its price $1.20
yesterday. These two papers were
peddled everywhere by iron-lunged
"newsies," who besought all to "help
the 'nswsies' win the big strike"
Going After Staten Island
The only places in the greater city
where one was sure to get his favorite
papers were Staten Island, the subway
aud 81" stands. controlled by Ward &
Cow. the stands in the Hudson tubes
and various railway stations and ferry
houses controlled by the Union News
Company, and the big hotels. These
did land Office business, and, in anticl-
patton Of big demand, ordered many
times their normal supply. On Staten
Island the strikers threaten Il tlc-up
to-day.
During the day committee of the
strikers, headed by Jerry Lyons, prcsi-
dent Of the New York Newsboys' As
socation, and William Martin, presi-
dent of the "L" and Subway News
dealers Association, made up Of per-
sons holding stands on sidewalks ad-
joining stations, visited Mayor Hylan
to present their grievances. These re-
ported at meeting held in Beethoven
Hall last night that the Mayor had
promised them every protection.
"The Mayor told U.S. said Lyons.
''not to be afraid of losing our stands,
and that he would instruct the Com
missioner of Licenses not to entertain
any complaint that might be made by
the newspaper owners
Says Dealers Are Ignored
LYONS told the 900 strikers who
filled the hall that the trouble was due
to the publishers ignoring the newsboys
and newsdealers generally.
"They left everything to the So
called circulation managers he added,
"but they never consulted US. The
newsboy is just as much 81 part OF the
newspaper outfit as the printers, the
pressmen. the mailers or the stereo-
typers. They recognize these trades
because they are organized, but they
do not recognize US because we are not
organized"
Announcement that the "Nolks-
Zeitung" would sell papers at s1.2o to
dealers was greeted with the cry, ITO
hell with the kaiser!" and mingled
cheers and Kisses. Lyons. declaring
that he would prefer to do business
with a paper printed "under pleasanter
the Federal government allowed the
"Volks" to issue there was no reason
it should not be handled.
Addresses were also made by Jake
Schef, who introduced himself as presi-
dent of the Chicago Newsboys Union;
Fred Rice, representing Bronx dealers;
Arthur Cognalo, George Rosenhaus,
Mrs. Kate Stanton, Jack Sullivan and
Joseph Josephs, all Turing the boys to
stand together. Rice, charging that
members of the Mailers' and Drivers
Union were acting as strikebrea akers,
and Mrs. Stanton that Mayor Hylan
had told her not to "be afraid Of guer-
rillas"
Little Disorder Reported
There was not much disorder during
the day, two arrests for disturbing the
peace being reported up to midnight.
In the late afternoon boys captured a
quantity Of papers on Park Row and
built bonfire in front Of the Pulitzer
Building, while policemen looked on.
In announcing its settlement with
the strikers, the Brooklyn "Times" ex-
plains that the situation in that bor-
ough. where home deliveries are q
feature, differs from the situation IL
the other boroughs.