New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-08
ANOTHER OUTRAGE
,MnIGRANT RUNNERS
state Law Violated by the City Authorities.
EXCITING SCENES AT CASTLE GARDEN

A Sesners,e attempt was made yesterday by the I'M
i.,, Runners to trample the law Of the State under
ut The nacket ship St Nicholas, dom iavre, arrived
l.h o,o messengers consigned 10 Boyd a HIncken,
III r., the steamboat employed by the Commas
= n Emigration 20 convey passengers 10 Castle
cont alongside it fonnd that ship and pas
- -, -, ,pssession Of the Runners. Mr.. Jacob
9Th Councilman from the lid District, First
,,d had obtained from the eonsignees OF the vessel
,e,m;t 70 20 on board and take the passengers.
Ic,;.eNayor Isaac o. Barker had also given him
rmt 20 90 on board of any vessel in the port for the
nr,pose of taking off immigrant passengers The
L4ter from Mayor Barker was addressed 10
Mr.. Roach. Sergt of the Immigrant Police
Souad ordering him 70 allow Jacob l. Smith To
board any vessel in the port without moestaton. No
reason for this violation OF State law was gwen. The
letter also ordered him to prevent his from inter-
firing with the business of Jacob l.. Smith on board
of any of these ships Smith chartered the steamboat
J. Bikbeck IT.. and, accompanied by ten or twelve
tanners Of the worst cass boarded this vessel in the
bay and on the strength Of this permit, demanded the
luggage and passengers The mate, being ordered by
the captain to deliver them up to this Smith, and to
nobody else gave them up. Consequently, when the
Commissioners boat came from Castle Garden, the
mate refused permission to her captain to make fast to
his ship. The boat then returned to Castle Garden
for written order from Mr.. Kennedy, which
he gave. When they reached the ship again
with this order it openly disregarded, and
Smith threatened by brute force to prevent the Commits
siOners' agents from coming on board The boat then
returned Castle Garden and reported that the Run
had threatened to land these passengers and their
luggage by force, at the Garden, and pass them
through. Thereupon Mr.. Kennedy sent to the Chief
Of Police for an additional force. The Chief replied
that he could not give any assistance without an order
from the Mayor. Mr.. Kennedy then wrote note to
the acting Mayor, Isaac o. Barker, reporting that
such On attack expected and requesting that the
requisite force to repelt be detailed. Sergeant Roach
who took the request returned saying that the Mayor
was not there, and would not BE- there under 90 min
utes, but that he had left the note. That about
lO} O'Clock a. IN. Subsequently Mayor Barker sent
not squad OF policemen, but an officer, TO request Mr..
Kennedy to call at his Office and let him know what
vas the matter. Meanwhile, the Runners boat came
70 the dock at Castle Garden, the parties board
having cOaxed and bulied all of the passengers that
they could into buying tickets to the West by the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, taking, in some
cases. a. little as twenty-five cents on account,
leaving the remainder 10 be collected by Mr.. L. Lob
yerz the agent of the road Making fast the Brkbeck
- the Commissioner boat Councilman Smith stepped
board Of the latter for the purpose of entering the
Garden, when he was told by Mr.. Kennedy to return
u his own boat that he could not enter the Garden.
Smith exhibited bis silver badge Of office and claimed
the night to 60 through the Garden on the
cote only giving him permission to visit
chips he refused He then ordered the boat to be
hauled of, without landing the passengers, until he
could send to the Mayor for permission TO 90 through
Castle Garden. Mr.. Kennedy told him that he would
not respect such permit from the Mayor Smith then
altered bis tactics, allowing the passengers to land at
the Garden, but retaining their baggage. Mr.. Gar
Tigue then assembled the passengers front of the
sissk in the hail. and addressed them, explaining the
nature of the Runners business, its aouses and dan
gers to the immigrant the inesponsiblity Of
the parties, regards the Railroad tickets
they had sold them, and the uncertainty Of a safe
transportation Of their baggage. He also told them
that their baggage was in the hands OF the Runners at
present. contrary to law, and that they had better
demand at once before the boat left Acting upon
this advice they went toward the boat for that pur.
pose, but whom they went out II was cast loose and
steamed away with their property on board Where
upon the passengers raised a great clamor ana the
boat was put back within speaking distance, and
Councilman Smith announced that the baggage would
BE- landed at Pier No. North River. The passengers
then rtentered Castle Garden, when Mr.. Garrigue ad-
dressed them again, explaining TO them where they
would find their property, and that in of any loss
the ship was liable for it., while the Com
1nissoneIs of Emigration and the German
Society would assist them in making good
any just claim. The passengers were then registered
in the usual way, nearly it could be done during
the confusion, which was designedy made by several
Runners who out as passengers In the Ship and
who tined to persuade the others that NJ. Garrgue
was deceving them, and that they were in den Of
robbers Ore Of them was 20 audaciOps as to charge
him with being in league with the Runners himself.
and accused him Of having inst been let out OF the
State Prison. This undid all of the good which Mr..
Garrlguc's address hGd eUccteu anu tne Immigrants
believing this stool pigeon be came exceedingly furious
In the interim the Runners from the steamboat had
congregated around the gate Of the garden aud abused
all who went in OF came ont. The violent persons
among the passengers sent out first, but im-
medatey returned the building, evidently instructed
to create disturbance, for they attempted to scale
the fences and were exceedingly loud and abusive in
their talk against the Commissioners of Emigration
and the German Society. NJ. Garrigue then ordered
them to be put out, when desperate fight ensued
However, they Overp0wered by the
employees of the Commissioners, and forced toward
the gate. Seeing this the friends of these disguised
Runners came 10 their assistance, with drawn knives,
ard ior while matters assumed a very desperate
- 70 But all OF them were soon got outside oil tue
order was restored inside. Mr.. Garrigue
the quiet passengers remaining behind,
be scenes they had just witnessed were
hU, IrOboratioa Of the truth of his state.
ments marks were received with applause.
They tLeL uously told him that these three Or
four Runnets kept the remainder OF the passengers
In Subsection daring the voyage, and had been the ter
Tor of every peaceable passenger on board. Soon
after tbe remainder Of them left TO look after their
property.
Mr.. Kennedy called upon the Mayor, when he was
told by Mr.. Barker that IN giving this permit to Smh
he did not suppose i was for airy other than Boyd
Hircken's shi3. The clerk who drew up the permit
on being appealed TO, corrsborated Mr.. hcanedy
stateper,t, whea the Mayor at once sent for Smith,
with the intention OF revokng the permit. Ii seems
that be- was no. aware that he violating the law
by giving this permit TO member of the Common
Council.