The Wasp — 1895 — page 430: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon satirizes a conflict between **McEwen** (depicted as an ink-stained figure being ejected from a building) and the **"Monarch" newspaper's Editorial Desk**. The notice on the left reads "NO DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES ADMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES" by W.R. Hearst, suggesting McEwen was fired. The cartoon shows McEwen violently expelled while clutching documents labeled with various grievances. Text references the **Call** (a rival publication) and mentions Hearst's involvement, indicating this depicts workplace conflict within San Francisco's newspaper industry. The satire mocks McEwen's failed attempt to "storm the sanctum" of the Monarch newspaper after his dismissal, portraying his efforts as comically futile against institutional authority.