Printing Trade and Journalism
In 1892, Simpson was one of 27 members of the Typographical Union on strike against the Toronto News. The strikers, including Simpson, founded the Evening Star on November 3, 1892 as a strike paper. For ten years, Simpson served as the Star's City Hall reporter including nine years as the paper's municipal editor. He subsequently became editor of a labour newspaper.
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