, 1873-12-14
tatular H.atet.eut Of fares and for extra package
clarged per lnul1etl rounls:

uuhnAue ta''..'. !e.tn ~
Gnlcafsot III. ..s.,................. 43Ln 3.i0
slfeKut hhi: ..us.............. 3l.W HIN
Fox Lnke. Nls.. .............. 13.h3 3.23
Vicksburg, Hiss. 25.75 G.sU
EaI11nANT.sWlNDLENs.
Iho most onnIeruus Of tho human vultnrcs
which pley nruu unwary eluigrantH arc those
who Bpen; llclr tthe cnlgrantsD CIVIL tonguo.-
their own coislltryme1',-Who oiacu were cnli-
grants themselves and pl oln!y were themselves
once trca'e ed AZ tloy trcAt others nov. Tlleso
mon usually Epenh tllac or four languages, mud
| huyc studied lvr ycnrs tho Bystcm III swind]nE
md robbinE emig1antB. Owing to tlolF polite
and polit htd mnllnels, they soon Enin llo conii-
dcnco Of their Victims. To describe al1 tho
"waya that a1e darlt md tricks TINT arc win :" OF
these cmigiant awindlcrB, would fill several
issues Of Ibis paEor, and fur want Of space BIT:
few Of tllo.n can ue related. Tho first acquaint-
ance emigransB usually mako with these nen is
Oh ooardof tue railway lranB about forty Of fifty
miles from the city. A man With n lar6o ring, OF
brahs checks cners the cals, aud requests tho
igrants 10 give up their baggngc.chccks, ho being
pany. III return for tl!clr baggago~checks, lie
gives them sGlno OF tho L1asH cLcciss OH his A,ns
mud Which aie cntisoiy worthless, Haying OBJ
timed nuull or Of tho checks, he and his COLI
fcderatCB leave tho emierAn1-tran, and return
to tho city in tho next expross. AS. soon NJ tho
emlgraut-train arrlyeB these follows aro 1T tho
baggnge-oificc, aud, alsguised as emlgrants, OBJ
tain tue em'grants baggage, wh!ch, il i'm.
ncsslately taken Oh expreua wagons aud carried
to purtB unknown. OF course, when the rigL.tul
owlor uaEAen his arpcacencu, aud presents tlo
ctlccli to received fium tho swiudler. lie is III
formed TINT the cltck is worthless, aud that hiB
oaSaage has a.lently been taion away. FIoa,
thirty 10 fifty cases Of tlls kind occur every
month, ind. MI agent Of tho Gerlnu. Society is
kept continually b1By III searching for missing
luggage, about to ler cont tf which IL ,le1ul!y
rccusrtcd through the intervention Of TINT
H1ciely.
THE OMNIBUS AGENTS,
Another sot of nacll who aro after tho money
OF the enlsgraAls arc Tho otanlbus agens oil Mr.
Pnllue1eo. 1t must be understood tint e1ngrauts
vino do uot li,l1 the end of their Destination in
Chicago but trnvel further West or MOI tLwcst,
wlloroscr their intended home mny Lo, hayc to
pny 50 c1uts extra for their transfer. Although
possessing through tickets that are suptosud to
curry the1sl to thcir destination without any ex
TIN charge whatever, they are forced to pay trb-
ute to tho omnibus skar!sa WHO tettcl, o1l tho
mouey thus oLtaiucd. If these ngCnta would
Sci! these transfer tickets to Bucla cmigtants
only aa wish 10 10 transferred, according 10 tie
Instructions Of Air. paanelee, who il MI honest
man, and can14ot 10 held responsible FOR tho ac-
tio,s Ut tl!oeo agents, who not only Bwiltilo tlln
e1niSrants, hut h.r lnrlnct himself, there would
he nothing wrouy III this. But tho agent enters
the cars, and AandB every cmigrant II lrEnEIcr
ticket whether he intends 10 be transferred or
not, all charges 30 cents for the sumo. Lie phys
the amount. tupposing that it il usually c.'l-
lcctcd from all tho emigiants arriving in thu
city. Wien those WHO do not 70 u1y further
thnn Clicaso arrive here. they lind tl'at thoy
llaye boen swindicd out Of 30 ccuts. mud that
lhcy have no uso fer tho ticketa, mud giSo them
10 tho clnigrant runners who tahe clargo of
them. Formerly Lile runners could got %
cents apiece Tor these tsa.'sfer tickets fronl
Palmelco'a agcnts, who uucd silcnl over a'iu
over agan, mud poclsetcd tho money themselves.
But Mr. partnelco, hayiug loarued.of this sswilllo
through an nrticlo published i'll this puper about
u ycar ago, has since kcpt iii oyo Oil tlleu, ttd
consequently, thcy refuse to buy tho tickets
from tl!e runners. but it 10 wcll understood by
thc1n that tho tcltctB cnu DO sold nuw to i
driver ct j. I. Morast's omigrant hotel
at tho same Rate previously paid by rurmelee's
agents. Tlin driver Ects undoubtedly uB tho
aEent Of laln,ooo'a nlcll, for there III no reauon
III worthless tickctn There aro Cages known
whore t1iese aSea.B lnye charged MI en.igrant
81 alld 81 for transporting Il,l, mud wien tho
cahn "ah reported they excused themselves By
in their baggugc. a. swedi1h gi1l named 1iaryn
peto1eol., who arrived here Thursday, und is
still in tho city, was thus nuctoa out OF dollar,
although nlie diu not want to te trausferlcd ut
all. Tie tla1sufor tickets kAe recoyell from tho
agcut uro uow ut the oica Vi I11e rn1nusE.
Ea11unAsT HOUSE RUNNERS,
Another aud st.ll mora dangerous class OF
onigrnns ewl1!'los ure lhe r,lt'tsors atl nsollia
If eop.ea es4pt Sx bG1'H }s ,v 4hase aoa 1 sn asS
Charges aro frequently pteieucd I; ns;ainst tGeS,
it III very hclunI ltat the license OF ono Uf tlicnl
il revoked. II BY chance 1t IL, it is always given
back a,;aiu inst bcfolo election, becausa these
nun cont1ul large nunlbcr Of votes. 4 crowd
Of tleao runners il usually ut tho raiway depots
wAero the enliIsunta arllv0. No sooner ito lhahe
unfortunate Victims alisht from tlo ours than
tho runners rou.co upon thoM like fll,uBry
wolves, u1.1 force thom iu1o tlelr wagons by ull
tho devices imaginable. It In only II woeli ngo
that tho writer Ut this aaw at tho Michigan Com
trul depot runner EU,lncD upon Child belong.
ing to In cmlgl mt family Which rellsed to 20
To I'M en!Grailt house, n1nl take it iu lis nrnlB aud
tako it away as lust ns his legs couid carry
him, and the fasniy wcro thus compelled to to!-
low lin, mud wero mntlo to stop ut lls llouha.
Thu depot police eaw all this still tloy locked
on, nll.f uoyer stretched out to help thai
fan.ily iccovor tlcir Child Ono rluuer WHO
ia employed at ]. p. AIoraAt's F" Union Hntol,"
openly hoastH TINT l.o laa all tho policeman
stationed ut tho depota under Ills tInn.b, antl
tat le las made OYor It, ,0u0 out Of his yicsl1ua.
INIT year llis hA1no runner tiAvelcd through
Europe like PRINCE, Hpo,4aing nul'.e Of luis ILL.,
gotlon gains. Many chalycB Of completely with
rutlnora Aro nlado agalntt aoH1o Ut our police
nun, and tint many uf thoso aiargea ero not Ill.
founded will ho hoen by tho following; lautB
WHAT nEFEIL T!tE ME$S6SIyEN.
About two mouths ago u nll'nhcr Ut wealthy
Nuss!a,l aleAnolteH, huying with them about
ono million IN cash, ariiyod III thiA country.
OF coulho the runners wclo Oil tho
look out for them. TheAe AtenMoniteH,
having Lizard Ut Tho dangers which Nanully hoaot
WnuitIv euiirruntb i'll tIB CITY. sout HI1t all Dua