The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-15
STILL TigEH. COME.
Nearly Seven fif0stsHttd fnfntfsraut.-
Hard Times In the Old World.


New York, May l3.-If all the imni.
grants who we're brought by the eight EtI-
rIopean steamers yesterday afternoon could
have been landed before nigh,falI, nearly
1000 persons would have been in the ro-
tunda Mt one time; us it was, over 4, 900 new.
corners passed through the garden, most
OF them to remain in this or neighboring
States. On board the .'Weslphalia" from
Hamburg, werea number Of iron moulders,
who were going to Pittsburgh, Pa. These
men who have been carnin. very snail
wages in Germany, owing TO the clcapness
OF labor and s!ackne5s oi trade, have come
to this country under Il contract TO Il Pitts.
burgh stove manufacturer. .'For the past
year or eighteen months" said one OF the
men, speaking on the labor question" good
workmen have been employed in Germany
for S. and 81 per week." The "Scotu," +"
from MaIseilles, had on board some French
jewellers. Areporter conversed with one oi
these, Victor Ducnac, who said, "business
i'll France is very bad" 6t (.
"Dut, how do you manage to save suiii.
clent money to emigrate, ii business is so
bad p" : 50. 5,sj.z.f.
"Oh. you see it costs but q tritle 10 come
to America, and to IL country like this
where labor is well paid, and Where men
lind ready employment, We bring little
more than the clothes we wear. 4 skilled
working jeweIer, in France, is not paid
one quarter so well as ten years since. In
| 1870, Just before our war, IN able worker
in gold could earn from i50 10 200 francs 4
week. Since 1876, however, our finest Pa.
rlslan and French gems are made from the
baser metals, suci, as bruss and copper,
which, when thinly covered With gold, are
worn by people who previous 10 the de-
preston in business would not have used
any trnke; which was not manufactured
| from gold"
"What are the future business prospects
OF Frnce?'
ut is very hard 10 ioresec. Judging
from the present indications, things for the
future appear very dubious. France has
altered wonderfully ip II few years. Her
people no longer earn the wages they were
previously paid. There are Ut present Il
great number Of foreign workmcn in
French factories. Her future prospects are
by 10 means rcassuring. Jewellers who
were making so per week now make So
and Sl0 | have brother who is working
for large firm here, and have been
promised good work and good pay rs soon
as like 10 commence operations. The men
who came with inc vii! find employment
in this city,"
\ lew siversmiths from Birmingham
England, came on the "Circassia." Thcii
wages OIL the other side averaged Sl2 81
per week.
i On board the Dorian" from Gibraltar
were 200 Italians. Some OF these havt
come to Giuseppe Erotali. l'rotali, it vii
be remembered, advances the necessar,
funds to bring the immigrants here. Th'
outlay is generally S2a. In return, he re
ceives Il contract emitting him to collec
from every italian whom he has thus rs
! sisted$5 month ior y consecutive months
Ia order to discover how I'ro.ali ,nanage
with hhiscountrymcn, areportcr interviewed
the great capitalist yesterday. The follow
ing is his story: X
| " bring plenty OF Italians here wht
would otherwise starvc abroad. Some o
them are very good men and pny me rcg,l
larly. Others pay me the first and sccont
months and then leave without furnishing
me with their address. Some get sick
others die. | have 10 protect myselfagalns
such losses, and, although take great risks
DO not realize very much money.
i !"But you sometimes find these men will
employment md tax them accordingly
"Qh, 10! never make them pay Il taS
| always tukc ip the ltulians rs partners
do u big ras and junk business. fur
J nish the men with hooks and bags. tel
them where to go, and then When they sc
their bags filled tl,eycome TO me, and Sc
how much tho collections are worth, ant
then VIC divide the profits. | treat III.
countrymcn like partners, not like servants
soTe Of them are dishonest and sell thci
Irass out, otaerp |oitcr. have to waite!
that they don't cheat h,s.N lS
Z Signor Brotal: magnanlmously remarked
that tie did not coniide his attentions ex
. clusiyely to his countrymen, but woul'
, gladly assist any foreigner who would com
TO America under contract. 45g
Ehe ARRIVALS yesterday were, tho s"'NNest
! phaliaH Iron, Hamburg, s20;' "Circassia,
Glasgow, sos: '"sto,ia,n Alarscilles, y:
"Doricn,' Gibraltar, 200; / aIFclyctia,
Liverpool, ,??22; "State Of Florida" Gla:
gov, 0oH - byssipia," Liverpool, s.!
Erin" London, l,l56. Totnl, H,476. 4: