New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

Two more labor unions have indorscd
the strike Of the Newsboys' Union
against the attitude OF the Hearst
papers and pledged their support in the
boys fight for an opportunity. to earn
aliving wage.
The two unions most recent support
crs of the newsboys arc the Enterprise
Association of General Pipe Filters,
Local Union No. 638. and the Labor Re-
lance Club of Marble Cutters, Carvcrs
and Settlers, Local Union No. !, Of the
Bricklayers, Masops and Plastcrcrs' In-
ternational Union.
Andrew Stanton. president of the
Newsboys' Union, presented the case
nf the vendors to the two associations,
reviewed the causes that led up to the
strike against the Hearst newspapers
and described the methods used by
Hearst employees to break Tic strike.
"Tbc situation" he described to the
pipe filters, meeting III Breevoort Hall
With the public refusing to buy
The Hearst papers because of tehir at
tltudc on the war, and Hearst agents
insisting taht the newsboys buy papers
they cannot possibly. sell. NC arc up
againat it," he said. "Not only does
the boy who shows Hearst paper, in
order to get other papers lose Gus
toners, but he is lucky If he escapes
with tongue lashing.
Many Ncusboys Attacked
"'They arc apt to be beaten UP il
they sell the sheets. and several OF
them, including old men, have been
beaten because they would no tsell
them. It's the old story OF using thugs
TO break u strike
"ln time OF war he told the marble
workers, st is necessary and proper
for The government to tell men how to
run their business. to say what they
may and may not scn. but for mil
'1;onairc TO come along and try TO tell
r poor newshoy what he must buy
whether he can sell it or not IS another
story. Hearst's agents say to US:
";If you don't sell Hearst papers you
starve. You cannot get any other pa
pers4 to SELL
.lhey have been saving that for
some time now, but we arc not atarving
vet,
'sHearet has not been able to whip
u.s. But he has been strong enough with
every publisher In New" York, except
tho publisher OF The Tribune, 10 get
them to help hill IN his tight. He is
responsible for the refusal Of the
other publishers to give u fair
rate.
Publishers Get Profits
I'VE ask them to sell us the papers
at 81 20 4 hundred Hearst insists on
,etting not less than $1.tO hundred
and the others, except The Tribune,
stand with him. Now one fifth of a
cent on a paper is not much, but il
means the difference between enough
to eat and not quite enough to eat to
us. 1t Is not All increase in profits
either When we got one cent for our
papers, we paid SO cents a hundred for
them. When the price was doubled to
the public, Hearst insisted on keeping
most OF .hc increase for himself
though we suffered because we sold
smaller number of papers.
ave arc fighting, for what we think
is d square deal. We arc fighting op-
preston and for the right to run our
nusiness, on a loysl and financially ad-
vantaeeOus basis.
AT the close of MIR. Stanton's state
mept, the following resolutions pre
scnted to the Pipe Filters Peter Nc
Carthy, their president, and to the
Marble Cutters by their chief cxecu-
tive, Frank Smith, were unanimously
adopted.
Whereas. The newsboys of the City
Of New York, in their worthy efforts
to improve their living conditions, have
requested the publishers of the daily
napers of this city to grantthenl re-
duction in the price of their news
papers, and
Whereas, They haey been denied
their Just request through the inhu-
ence of the publishers Of The New
fork American and 'rhe Evening
Journel,' whoch newspapers. the said
newsboys contend, many people refuse
to purchase on patriotic grounds, and
where's, The said newsboys have
struck against these papers to attain
their fair and just ends, Therefore. be
it
Resolved, That We hereby indorse
the tght of the said newsboys and az
sure them OF our full moral suppotr."
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