The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-16
TREATED LIKE DOGS.
Kidnapped to COLLABORATING Naked Under
BroilIng Sun sixteen Hours Day Details
Of Cruelty Almost Unheard Of

broilinq sun sixteen HOURS Day DetaiS
Of Cruelty Almost Unheard Of
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OF the eleven men VINO were recently IN
duced TO 90 to Cuba under the SUPPOSE
tiop that they were going 70 work on n
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larih near .i'is c'!' nc P"i'y "on' W
Castle garden, where their sworn state
ments were taken, which latter were
nIaced m the hands of Majors Marshall
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anu "cDerino''' VIM WIN 'no ",u VI '"e
Commissioner OF Emigration, VIII THOR
oughly investigate the case. The men
arc ali noel leaking with salIov com-
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PieNions' "n'o" 'ney "eo.are 10 '"e ~
suit OF laboring in much warmer ell
mate than they have been accustomed
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SKI, Jonah "alwik' Leopold hhappa,
Gabriel Wysocki. Mattheas Iakowski.
Leon Zabowitz, Joseph Zablezyk. Lud-
wig Iugazik, Violently Gruszkus, and
Andrews Kozen. The afIldavits agree i'm
every particular. Only two of them
knew each other before they were placed
on board the steamer bound for Cuba.
vet they ali swear that they were picked
up near the Battery on different
occasions by man whom they only
know as August, who is employed
at lander and Movers employment
Office, No. 10 Greenwich street, At this
latter place they were questioned as TO
their ages. weight, prospects, and ability
TO work. A contract was read TO each,
which stated that $40 per month in
American gold and board was to be
their pay for the first month, after which
they were to receive more. They agreed
TO work for this sum n certain number of
wears, They all declare that they were
informed that the farm upon which they
were TO be employed was within three
hours of the city by rail, but il would
take n day to reach there by steamer, by
which route they were to 20, as it was
cheaper. Each having signed separate
contract, they were on December 6 last
placed on board the steamer Santiago.
and did not know where they were
bound until the third day out from this
port, when Malski, becoming uneasy, in
auired their destiny of sailor, and was
Informed that they were going to Glen
fuegos, Cuba. Malski told his compan-
ions. who demanded of the man in whose
charge they were. and whose name they
do not know. that they be returned to
New York. Their demand was refused.
and day later they landed at Cienfue-
gos. From there they Travelled into the
Interior by rail and water for over II
hours, when they reached sugar
and tobacco plantation called "Yngo
Legneritio Rodas." owned by a
Mr.. Goytesoio. That night they
slept in low, wooden huts. without any
bed or bedding, and on the following
morning were set to work at 4 O'Clock.
They labored until O'Clock that even
ing, with a half hour respite for meals
three times. Their efforts to get an ex-
PLANTATION from their overseers were
useless. There were but few white men
ON the plantation. but over 300 negroes
were employed. with whom they la
bored. Their food was very poor. con-
sistinp during the four months they
were kent there of coffee. rice. potatoes.
goldfish, and n poor quality of meat once
or twice a week. On the first Sunday
after their arrival Malski refused TO
work that day. and his companions fol-
lowed his lead. The oyerseer called in
n oompanv of Spanish soldiers. who mt
Malsd's feet in the stocks. where he
was kent n prisoner ali dav' His com
panions were beaten until thew agreed
10 work. MalsN finally promised TO
work and was released toward evening,
| Soon after he was taken sick with fever
and was brutally beaten for being unable
TO work. The majority of his eompan-
| ions were also taken sick with fever.
caused by working in tbe omen
fields under the broilinP sun. to