New-York tribune., 1918-05-21

ing to see whether this was constitu-
tlonal. But now, after they've tried to
put us in this wrong light, they'll have
to take it back or we'll ban their pa
pers right away. We take action to-
morrow unless The American retracts.
Ginsberg, who notified the Hearst Of
fees of the dealers decision this morn
ing, said he had been assured that
retraction would be made.
interest to-day when "The American"
reached here with it's account of the
meeting of last Saturday. This gath
ering, at which "The American" an
nounced a resolution condemning the
council was passed "amid applause
and wild cheers" was more or less
mythical, in so far as it concerned any
considerable number of bonafde
Mount Vernon citizens, it was said
here.
Only so or 60 Present
Of the five citizens "The American"
quoted, three actually live here.
Among them is l. Joel, commander of
the Mount Vernon Camp of Spanish
American War Veterans, who presided
and on whose own estimate "The
Americans" "great throng of indig-
nant persons" consisted of between
my dilO Sixty people.
. Maurice Simmons. who attended the
lean" story explained it was because
Of typographical error that the
Hearst paper omitted parts of the
Presidents Memorial Day proclama-
tlon, is not resident of Mount Ver-
non: He lives in Brooklyn, according
to Mr.. Joel, who attributes his inter
est in municipal affairs to the fact that
his sister lives here.
Nor does Peter Brady, also quoted
IN The American" reside here. Mr..
Joel said he did not know where Brady
American" said, visualized for the in
dlgnant citizens the rush of newspaper
making which was responsible for the
error in the Prayer Day proclamation.
Mr.. Joel estimated that all those at
the meeting were Mt. Vernonites, with
the exception. of give or six" Alder
man William G. Dawson. however, went
further than that to-day and. said:
MY information is that the. meeting
was almost wholly pulled by the hire
jings Of Hearst, imported from New
York City. The citizens of this town
did not know about it, with the excep-
ton of very few. The whole thing
was shady. ''~' '.-
No LABOR Men at Meeting
Furthermore, an attempt was made
to- hold it in the quarters of the labor
lyceum in Dearborn Hall to give the
impression that the movement. had the
Endorsement of local labor leaders. 1T
is significant, that instead the meet
ing was finally held in the storeroom
Of local piano man on another floor
of the building. Some day we'll nave
a real mass meeting and give them all
they want"
John c. Currie, president of the local
Central Labor Union, manifested a
lively. interest in the lead of "The
American" story, which stated that
in addition to Representative property
owners and taxpayers, business and
professional men" there were "trade
unionists" at the meeting.
"Peter Brady called me up" said Mr..
Currie, "and talked about having the
meeting held under the auspices of the
Central Labor Union. Nothing doing.'
| told him right away. We didn't want
to be mixed up in it. There was not
single accredited local labor man
there. I know that for a fact. He
urged me to come, but I turned him
down fat. l am in favor of the city
ordinance"
William Kilmartin, business agent
for Plumbers Union, Local No. SO, saw
the indignant "citizens" gathering out
side Dearborn Hall Saturday night
II looked them over pretty carefully"
he said. 81 saw a lot of New York fell
lows, but only recognized about seven
or eight who live here"