Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-16
EYlcTEu IRLsHMEN.
Arrival Of Sixty Nine Irish Farmers Al
Hsndc ON the Indiana.

EylCTED IRIsHMEN.
ARRIVAL Of s,x.y-N,ne Irish Farmers and
Hands the Indiana.
Philadelphia Times.
The steamship Indiana, of the Ameri.
can line, which reached her wharf at noon
Yesterday, after . stormy passage Of four
teen days from Liverpool, brought GO
evicted farmers from the counties Mayo
aud Galway, who boarded the steamer at
Queenstown, driven from their homes by
usugious landlords, and who came to this
country maiuIy through the charity OF one
of the funds that has been raised in Great
Britain and Ireland for the purpose OF
relieving cases Of distress growing out OF
tho land troubles. A Times reporter
boarded the steamship before she reached
hsr dock and found tho immigrants huddlt d
in groups on the forward part of the deck.
They presented a pitiable picture OF dis
tress and most Of them carried all their
worldly effects in sack or bundle. There
were many children with the party. Inc
health of the immigrants had been good
during the voyage, tho physician said, after
the qualms of seasickness had passed
away. Nearly all of the steerage passcn-
gers were vaccinated at sea-.
On the vessel was Rev. Bernard Skeily,
from Galway, who has been sent out to
this country by the archbishop of Tuam to
raise money for the relief of the prevail
ing distress in Ireland. He was accom-
panied by Brother Francis, a young fiiar
who knew the districts from which these
people come. The Rev. Mr.. Skelly said
- That these are genuine cases of distress
needs no words from anybody to prove.
Their condition tells their story. They
chiefly belong to the class of small tenan
try who sublet from others and subdivide
their small bits of ground to the most at
tenuatcd limit. The land in both the
counties they come from is as worthless
and meagre in its character as any on the
lace of the globe. What is not rocky is
mostly barren bog. The soil that col
of the hill sides is the hest that Is to be
found. OF these people he is a large far
mer WHO plants three hundred weight of
corn. When the season is bad or this mea
gre supply fails they have to rely almost
exclusively on fish for food. 1I most
cases if they lived on the land rent free
verge of starvation, but when they have
~ pAN ISuI IA ab1hiliOA LhCAO 10 ho hoPS.
A Struggle tor Existence.
Among these people," explained
Brother Francis. lone of the chief diff
culties seems to DO early marriage. For
as the sons grow up the small plot Of
ground which the father works is divided
among them. In this way few genera
tions cut the pieces of ground very small.
In some instances a few hundred square
yards are all that the family has to live
Off" The Rev. Mr.. Skelly explained that
the emigration had begun under the aus
pices of the society patronized by the
Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the recent
lord lieutenant of Ireland, who originally
gave about c3, 000 to which she has re
Gently added as much more. This party,
the brother said, was assisted by this fund,
but to what extent he did not know.
The Miseraples Ashore
With their boxes and bundles the
wretcbed creatures flOcked over the side
as soon as the gangway was put in posi-
tion, and under the oversight of the Gus
toms officers ranged themselves along the
dock to have their baggage examined and
passed. In one place group of women,
with several children, squatted contcntcdly
on the dirty wharf, gazing with eyes and
mouths side open at the strange sights OF
this new world. They were clad in gar.
ments of all cuts and colors. though the
prevailing hue was a dull, dirty brown.
The clothes of many were ragged and
they apparently had seen neither soap nor
water during the passage. Sea ted on {;
box together were two lads from the ''ould
sod" who looked rs though they might
have stepped out of page Of a comic al
maDac. One of them had a bit of round
hat perched upon the top Of his head :,
fringe of hair Ornanen:ins his face, which
looked like full mooo. In his moath
was stuck g 'dudeen,' which be sucked
nervously, blowing clouds of smoke to
hide his evident embarrassment, said he
Me name is Pat Connolly. | am from
County Galway. l had a bit of land and
raised few praties and had one little
runt of a COW. lived near the shore and
used to go out on the wather and fish Il
bit with the other lads. TIE rains an,,
cold weather rotted all me praties. Ne
rint fell due and the auld COW had to be
sold. Thin lost heart and was took sick
Whin was tould that the agency would
sind me over | was only too glad to come
am going to Bellair, Ohio. This is me
chum, Tom Gaynor, sir mebba ne ca.,
tell you bit of sthory.'
Will, sir, I'm from Connemara said
Thomas, {" and worked for small farmer
Whin the crops failed had to go down tO
Galway to see if could find Employment
to kape meSelf from starving Then lil
in wild the agent, who offered me passage
to Ameriky, and here am. and that's al
of my sthory. excipt am going to Pitts
burgh."
The steamer HISTORIAN arrived as Boston
on Saturday night with $50 passengers,
most of them evicted Irish tenants from
counties of Galway, Mayo, Derry and
Donegal, sent out by the British gOvern-
ment. The British agent furnished money
to those who desired to go TO places be,
yond Boston, the amounts--Gepcnding on
the size of the family-va,ying from a few
shillings to five or six pounds The Par
thia, from Liverpool, arrived yesterday
morning with large humber of the same
class of emigrants.
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