The sun., 1883-12-16

food and clothing. They are nbomnably
cheated by those who control their labor in
vast number OF instances, and then, sometiTes
they rebel. M any men might. and In the heat
OF passion do violent deeds. The contractors
generally employ foromen over the Italians.
boarding masters to rob them. Sometimes. too,
these practices. Here is an instance. About
Shore and Buffalo RailrSad between West
Point and Newburgh. The company gave
ss IN sSsry to month to TnS shS dSmpa
and when the italian laborcrs were paid the
company took out the amount they owed for
board. l know men who worked there for six
with only a nve-dollar note. having been robbed
wooden. pino which the boarding master sold
but o ThGh ;h"i s0 b' %ss SsGTESd ns
tration OF hundreds / could site. There IS
poor fellow standing out there now. who has
fruit OF q whole years hard labor on that road.
and as his support fol, the winter, one So bill.
ny SSKno,hcr Hn % way in which the poo, poor italian is
victimizsd is by tho men who manage tho
street cleaning Foremen under Mr.; Walton.
ness of charging Italian laborers tl5 or $40 for
giving them employment at l2h cents per hour
dischargng them to make room for others
Scarcely ever were those rascals compelled to
refund. But. only tho day before YESTERDAY, a
man reported such an outrage to mo. made
the foreman give him bnck his money. under q
threat that II he did not would bring tho case
before q, police Justice Very we'll he snid
coolly. III give him back his sl5. can easily
ge: $40 from another. have no doubt lie did;
Now. these people nre not so rough and had
MS many suppose them to be- but 1t is natural
that man should be excited when he finds
himself cheated and robbed in such ways.
still more. when he knows that his wife and
children. far away in Italy are in sore need OF
help from him. Then when he goes to the
man who has acted as mi,lde. man. finds TINT he
can have no redress. nnd feels in his heart that
that man is nm nccomplice of the robber. II he
hasa knife handy 1t is not strange u ho uses
it. That is how these stabbng affairs mostly
occur You will find that pretty generally the
fellow who is stabbed is ono who knows enough
tractor. and that tho nssailant does not know a
word OF English. Draw your own inferences.
An Interpreters business is not u sale one II lie
Irish. No. There are scarcely any Irish
living in the bounds Of the .coiony now but
there are IL good number of Spunards. and
they get along with the Italians very we'll.
There are four n Italian papers published r. IN
BROOM. published over in Sullivan street.
Ono thing that our police authorities should
do IS to have in each police station near the
Italian colonies ono officer who can speak
Italian. Many an Italian is arrested BECAUSE
along or something else. cannot understand
each other. As u rule lazzaroni as they are.
these ltniian mean to do right. us far ns they
know They are frugal. savng-why they can
not robbed. matrcated. and misunderstood
they would not have such tough regulations rs
stabbers and bad citizens generally"
IN all tho length and brendth Of the Italian
colony the visitor hears not tho note OF the
hand organ. They at least spare each other
that intlictiOn,