New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-11
CUNARD MiSMANAGEMENT.
srvrpAGr PASSENGERS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE HECLA-SOUH
BREAD. ROTTEN POTATOES AND BAD VENTiLA'

sTxrRAGE PASSENGERS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE HECLA-sOUR
RprAD ROTTEN POTATOES AND BAD VENTILA-
TON.
Emigration Commissioners Ulrich, Starr. Haus-
self PInckney, Lynch, and Secretary jackson, yes
made by Storage passengers of the treat
ment received by them during the voyage
from Liverpool to New-Yorll on board the Cunard
steamship Hecla, which arrived Thursday. In their
atfdavits they charge that the food was lmpro pery
cooked and of bad quality that their Quarters
hot and tlthy; ana that the steer in
humanely, and the women improperly IN
the course of the proceedings yesterday many OF
the statements made by Barbour provoked iaugh-
ter but Mr.. Lynch requested that as the charges
were serious they should not he treated iippanty'
Mrs Mary Roberts, in her affidavit. says:
Twas sck and applied the stew ard for the beef tea
ui,ch The doctor ordered. The steward told 60
TO the sore-room. whore lie attempted TO take Liberties
will me Alter Wssg a 'o of n m p asked
the steward why nc did not give me tue medicine ne
replied, with an OATH he wouid give IL "hen nc s''
ready.
O.ber women in the Storage complained that
there was no separation of the sexes, no order or
discipline that the bread was unit to eat; that
the potatoes were cooked without Washing ana
were rotten. The women also state that they were
unable to change their clothing on the voyage,
! there being no retiring room for such purpose
Gabriel Mfyalt. Joseph Grant. and others. COM
plained that Steward Barbour was intoxicated most
Of the voyage, and continually tried TO make free
that the Storage was badly ventilated that the
odors were offensive; that the bread was sour and
heavy; that there was no discipline ana that tue
sexes were not separated. .
Captain John 4. Hill. of the Hecla testified that
| the vessel had So cabin and 4O3 steerage pas
seneers on board She was an extra vessel en-
| ploved to take the place OF another OF the line
which was laid up for repairs lie mad received conf
paints from the steerage passengers OF the bad ven,
haavS f Bread 5"e'' and had been told that
MANY of the potatoes were rotten and
unwasled when cooked. He ordered that there
should be attention Dald 10 the fOOI. lie iuahe
a practice of inspecting the steeragc only when b
thought II necessary. The vessel had carried cattle
on previous tip. There was no s,eerage stewardesS
ON board and 40 vessel that he ever commanded
carried one Chief Steward Allen Cameron SAID
there was no for complaint OF the 1904 iur-
ulscd 70 the Storage, except the bread Inc steer,
age compartments. lie admitted, were not separated
by bulkheads, aud men ana women couid associate
with each other. .
lnony with broad Scotch accent, and with consd,
cradle emphasis. lie said tina, everything was good
except tho bread and to oiises tins pilot bread was
furnished in unlimited supply. 49,
Did the doctor visit the Storage daily T. was
asked.
Tie doctor came every time he was called, but
sometimes sea-sick passengers would want The doc
tor ana when thought 1t Tas necessary to CAL MIN
they would got VeXed =, - /,
II never took Liberties with them. may have
taken them by the hands and said Conc along ana
IIl ave YOU "a kiss Sometimes Kissed Inc girls,
! hui don't remember whether / always dad It or
not"
| Don't YOU think kissing strange girl is an i'm
proper liberty T. ,
| You have to humor chem and coax them up. l
have said to the men. Come on, get out OF this. OF
| ri pull you out, but / never did strike them.
| have not been drunk since leaving Liverpool"
| Mrs Roberts, III giving her testimony stated, III
addition to the facts gwen in her affidavit ,hal
| SIR Barbour did kiss her. The berth assigned tt
her in room with mar
and his wife and another woman
! Johann Walker testified that the and wolner
could sleep where they chose aud that he occupied
| a berth with two women. Joseph Holman said ht
was sick, and on several occasions was struck Dj
| one of the crew.
The Commissioners reserved their decision.