New-York tribune., 1918-10-08
Total 155

The Publishers Association, it was
stated yesterday, has called meeting
for Wednesday to consider the aitua.
tion created by Lemuel Ely Quiggs
threat to bring court proceedings un.
less it voluntary abandons its ef-
forts to force newsdealers TO bu7
Hearst papers that pratiotic customer,
protest against.
In advance Of the meeting scme ot
the members are showing signs o.
Z seeking way out of the situation. Ons
among those named as defendants In
the suits now ready for service de-
ojared yesterday that he nad made no
agreement, bas no quarrel with tho
newsdealers and wishes the whole
thing over with.
Il have not made any agreements,r
said this man, "and 1 haven't any fight
with anybody"
Ihis assertion, Mr.. Quigg said, does
not square with the evidence in his
possession. 1t shows, he said, tina.
not only was this particular publisher
IN the agreement to force Hearst's
Will Oh the news venders and offset
the effect of popular resentment
against Hearst, but that he has been
IN the front of every meeting.
10 Serve Papers Friday.
Persons familiar with the situation
said yesterday that it would be diff.
cult to forecast what effect this change
OF front would have. They were H.
cllned to think that Hearst, with tina
| assistance of the World" influence in
the association, would be sufficiently
strong to hold the association N une
with him. In that event, the papers.
which 1T was Planned to serve last
Saturday, will be served as soon as
the time limit given the PPublishers'
ASSOCIATION to consider the matter cx.
pres, Friday night.
Outwardly, however, tie allies Of
Hearst are as active in his support q,
ever. The newsdealer who has defied
Hearst with any degree of success is i
made to suffer. One of Che latest sin.
gled out is Harry Wolfson, who for
years has sold papers at Pine and
William Streets. Against him the old
tactics of assigning hustlers to ATTEMPT
to take his trade away from, him. such ,
as failed in Harlem against Marcowits
and III Brooklyn against Williamson,
are employed. The trick is new in the
financial district.
Fought "Hogging' Methods.
Wolfson, who found that displaying
the Hearst papers was obnoxious to
MS patriotic customers long before the
newsDoys went on strike, refused to
, give Hearst the prominence on his
stand that was demanded. In conse-
quence Hearst cut off his supply. After
.hree months Hearst agents begged
nm to take the papers again, agreeing
10 allow him to display them as much
or as little as he thought best To I
even up matters, however, the agent s
OF another paper demanded that his s
be given the display that Hearst for +
merly enjoyed and, this being refused, 6
an excuse was ready for the employ.
Ment of small boys as husters.
Ii the peoole In general" said E
Wolfson, yesterday, "knew Of only one +
tenth OF the browbeating and persecu.
ton that we newsdealers have had 10
Put up with on the part OF the Hearst 4
crowd, I'm sure that the public f
wouldn't touch New York Amer. K
can or an Evening Journal They (
have done everything to me that theg 1
possibly could in the way Of intmids
tlon, but my head is still above water
ana l am giving them run for thef &
money. g.
stopped Handling Journals E
Some time ago the Journal inspee- (
tor made it hot for me because didn't
nave his papers sprawled all over ms
stand. told him I had to display
other papers. too. He said | would
have to place his sheets on top o.
them all or | wouldn't get any.
wouldn't do as he ordered and didn!
get any Journals" As a matter o;
fact | refused to handle the papers for
three months after that. The people % /
my district don't read the "Journsl
anyhow and most Of them were glsa
stand anymore. u
",As it happened later, they prsct
cally begged me to take them agaiS
and do what like wish them. T.
Then they prompted the drivers fS
the other newspapers TO bulldoze Us rs
Here | have a lot of boys yellis s.
papers on the other corner and takiw
my trade from me because the drives
OF another paper wagon wasn't salts
fled with the way | handled his papets b
You can be sure that this fellow would NJ
never have dared do this II the jour 4
nal' man hadn't pointed this excellsM IS
Hearst method Of intimidation cut b
him. #
why doesn't the public stop rsse
ing and buying a paper that abuse
the vendors the way the 'JourrJ
agents do?''