New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-12
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- THE ovERCRowDING OF STEAMERS.

80 THE OyERCROWDING OF STEAMERS.
NONE OF THE INDICTED MASTERS IN couRT-VIEws
OF AGENTS OF THE COMPANIES
None Of the masters who were indicted In me
United States Circuit tSu' t io sbins eoud le
cally accommodate appeared when called YESTERDAY
by Judge Benedict, and bench warrants were issuen
for Their arrest In conversation with TRIBUNE
rcporter. Assistant District-Attorney Fiero said
that the indictments which were found last year
against the masters OF seEer d ea smiled S on the
payment of all costs and promise not TO repeat the
offence. The promise, however, had not been kepI
the law fully in the cases of all who have been in
dcted. The information on which the proceedings
are based is furnished to the Disrict-Attorney by
tie Surveyor of the Port.
In speaking of the indictments yesterday, X ).
Cortis General Manager of the White star Line,
said that he glad that the authorities had takeh
steps to prevent overcrowding OF passenger s,ean-
ships. He thought it high time, If the complaints
made were true that some action should DO taAcn'
Our vessels" he added are htted 70 accO1i1 Ie
date only about $50 steerage passengers ana we
have been careful to comply with the law only re-
Gently great dissatisfaction was created among some
Of the on one oU or our WE had on
board than the law allowed, and sent them on shore
G. w. Cotton, agent Of the Red Star Line, 10
which three of the steamers against the masters OF
which indictments have been found, belong, sald
that he was not that his vessels had violated
the law He believed they were only amenaOle 10
the laws of the port from which the vessels cleared
Gustav Schwab, of the North German Lioyu;
thought that there ought to be some international
agreement as to the carrying of immigrant paSseiI,
gers The laws were much in conflict with each
other. For instance, the German laws require
SO many cubic feet to each immigrant passenger,
and the laws of this country prescribe so many
superficial feet of deck to each passenger. In
Europe also. all persons under twelve years OF age
are recorded as children, while IN the United STATES
only those under eight years of age are children
only -,
Superintendent Jackson, Of Castle Garden. said
there had been complaint of the oVercroWdihg OF
hrffh ia
the fact that there had been no extremely
warm weather up to this time; and those
vessels which had brought an unusually large num-
ber such as the City of Paris had brought no other
passengers.
CHEATING PIANO AND CARPET DEALERS
Complaints were made yesterday before Justice
Bixby in the Jefferson Market Police Court against
Francis W. Robertson for obtaining goods under
false prctences. Thomas Metz, salesman for eher
& Co, piano manufacturers. charged that ON Jalu-
nary l6 Robertson representing himself 10 he IN
afiluent circumstances and to he the owner OF the
house No. 107 Magnolia-st., Brooklyn' proTWnrHn a
clerks went to No. 107 Magnoia-st, and de-
manded the payment Of the nrs i9s'a lnrad
taking ever thing with him, including The piano
Search wa, made at No. 1866 Broadway. brooklyn
where he had represented hims''lf rs doing business
hut he could not I've found. salesman rom W ~
J. sloane. carpet dealers, testified that Robertson
had procured carpet and other goods Nalu'd NJ
$4l 65 from Mr.. Sloane and that II Iad Isrn I'M
rossbe to collect any Of tits amount. Mary LAWYER
of No 1854 roadway BroC XII n, testified that III Dc
tobcr 1850 Robertson rented store AT No. 100
Broadway, in that city that the ony It"rA sc Tre,
saw taken into the store wa' package OF ,Isai
boxes Justice BIxby postponed the case until I'm
DAY. when the examination wlll he continued.
PROTEST OF UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
Tho Alumni Of the l':v,rsity Of the City Of New
York are strcnuously opposed 10 the abolition OF ne
acadenical department by the niVfrS'iy '"niIc.
chapel the opinion was generally expressed tIa the
department should he continued a. heretofore ana
that the needed endowment could he obtained hy an
energetic canvass in this city. About loo Alumni
were present. A. j. Nanderpoci presided ana w
r. Martin acted rs secretary. l)r. CTu>hy SAIL he
accented the position of chancellor IN 30 on thc
condition that $25O0O0 was raised hat not dollar
had been contributed and the only course WAS I"
abolish the department; Inc ne p hcNi ~ Con IL o" W
Fonda " Y, deprecated the abolition Of q" de-
partmcnt as uncalicd for. The Rev. DR.. Hopper
Professor Martin, Professor H. VI. Baird and Others
made speeches in favor Of Keeping the department
open. Resolutions were passed protesting against
the action of the Council being carried INTO cNccu
with the Council and pledge the COOPERATION ot thr
Alumni in a movement TO secure the needed en-
downcnt Of the University.
CHARGED WITH FOULING THE HARBpE.
Captain benjamin Gleaden, of the White star
steamer Celtic, was tried before JuSil'c huTrh al
the Town Hall. Fort Hamilton, Yesterday afternoon.
on charge of throwing cmigrants h"dlinS INTO me
bay. Assistant District Attorney John Oakley ai-
pcarcd for the people, and Michael lhliil- ir ~"
| defendant Adrian Stillwcl and Francis Nullv'U,
fishermen at Fort Hamilton. testified that they saw
| nbout 200 mattresses thrOwn from the Celtic wNl"
! the steamer was at Quarantine at Il. III. SATURDAY,
George T. TAFT, a Custom HOuS inspector, testified
that he saw five six mattresses thrown ont oi the
steamers portfolios o. she passed The BARCLAY street
Ferry SATURDAY. morning. Several OF the steamer
officers testified that they say only one lnatiraoa IN
| the water, and did not know of any l"luE thrown
out of the steamer The Justice SAID that 'lth'neh
the evidence was perhaps not sirou9 enough Z" con-
yict the prisoner Le would hold INN 10 appear be-
fore the Grand jury under : 900 bail. RI. Corts
| became the captain surety.
| MR. ROLLINS AND THE LOTTERIES.
| District Attorney Rollins said 10 a TluBJNE re-
| nnrier Yesterday that he knew OF no reason wis
t;Oycrnor Cornell had chosen this pario MAR time a"
| issue a Proclamation against lottery dealer. lie
had rcas,n TO know ne said, that tire Oycrn"r Wa
we'll satisfied with the work that had btcI dom
| toward supprcsSing the traffic IN this city.
| What has become Of the indictment, found some
| months ago agains; the publishers Of sts"r1l of tr
New-York daily papers for printing lottery adN'f-