The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-10
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Bits Of Talk About Matters nj the Metro
poIis-A Fiend In Human Form.
NEw YORK, December 9.-The Com
missioners OF Charities have just rescued
three immigrant girls from life Of i'm
morality. Their names are Maria Ari'
sassi. Louise Donati and Magdalena
Blades, natives Of Paris, from 10 TO %
years OF age, and exceedingly pretty.
They were engaged as domestics by q man
named Xavier Willeon, resident Of st.
Louis, who represented himself as the
owner Of q splendid new hotel in that city,
and who promised them easy work ard
large wages, besides agreeing TO pay their
tare to this country. They were passengers
on The Periere, and after their arrival
we're taken to French boarding house on
Wooster street. During the voyage vii.
leon dropped some hinls which rendered
the girls suspicious OF his intentions to.
wards them, and at the boarding house
their suspicious were confirmed. Tele-
graphic inquiry to the St. Louis police
pronounced Willeon's hotel story hoax,
and the girls visited Castle Garden and
made complaint against Willeon, stating
that he had all their clothing locked In bis
trunks and refused TO give them up. A
detective wentto the Wooster street house
and recovered the clothing, but not until
he had been compelled TO knock Willeon
down. Situations have been found In
New York for all'three Of the girls.
SITE FOR TIE WORLDS FAIR.
The Worlds Fair Committee has adopt
ed report recommending the Inwood
site for the exhibition OF 1883. The site is
about eight miles out the New York Cen.
tral and Hudson River Railroad, and con.
tains 250 acres.
PEARS FOR THE FATE OF A SHIP.
The Anchor Line steamer Victoria,
which left London November "A, has not
yet been heard from. She Is now eleven
days overdue. On board were one hun.
dfed passengers and valuable cargo. The
sgeut thinks she has met with an accident
to her machinery. Five European steam.
ers have arrived within the past twenty.
four hours, and plumber Of other over
dueve se's are expected shortly. Thesteam.
ers now In met heavy westerly gales and
high seas. The Rhola, twenty-five days
from Cardiff, reports q terrific gale that
lasted from the 2lst TO the 26th. On the
9Th 1t increased TO hurricane, in which
the ship had her life boats stove in, aud
about twenty feet OF her rail was carried
away.
COMPLAINTS FROM IMaIoRAN1I.
The steamer Switzerland, Of the Red
Star Line. which arrived yesterday,
brought 4S0 steerage passengers and SO
persons in the cabin, nearly all OF the
former German and Swedish immigrants,
but email party Of Englishmen bound
for Nebraska were OF the number. In their
formal and sworn affidayits the English
party declare that the Switzerland adyer.
Used to sail from Hull, November 17th, and
London on the 18th. aud the tickets they
purchased contained that contract. At
the last moment, however, they were told
that they must go to Antwerp and tho
Switzerland would not touch at English
ports. They were shipped TO Antwerp in
TWO small coasters and lodged for the night
In filthy places with bedding made Of wet
straw. Next morning they were hustled
On board the steamer, only ten minutes
being allowed for 430 passengers to get
aboard.
THE MIsRRIRs oP THE VOYAGE.
Some were rudely treated, even to the
extent Of being kicked aud pushed. They
found the steerage wet and dirty and tho
bedding water soaked, no separation OF
sexes whatever, and only three lamps
lighted in the entire hold, and objects not
few feet away. Men and
women slept promiscuously about during
the whole long voyage, about twenty days.
The most disgracetul immortality Is said to
have prevailed. To use the language OF
one Of the men, "The ship was nothing
less than q floating hell" Some Of the
passengers could find no hunks, and slept
on the deck. Some Of the bunks broke
down. Only two gallons Of fresh water
was furnished In the morning for four
hundred and thirty people to wash with.
It Is alleged that the officers laughed at
the passengers complaints. The COM
plants ot the German passengers were OF
the same tenor as those OF the English
Some OF the sailors, also, were ill.treated,
aud one man well nigh.killed.