Omaha daily bee., 1886-07-16
A FLOCK OF FOUL ZINGARI.
A Tribe of Filthy Gypsies Start for
the United States.


LONDON, July 15.-fNew York Herald
Cable-Specal to the BEE. THE emigra-
tion commissioners may sadly expect the AZ
rival of the steamer Italy She left Liver
pool this afternoon having on board about
one hundred ragged, squalid descendants of
the Zngari-fiftv men and women, forty-two
children and one babe ten days old. This
tribe of oriental gypsies have been at Malta,
and left there fortnight ago on the steamer
"Ardnellie." They came there from Syria,
Greek Island. They arrived here a few
days ago, and were put ashore at Milwall
docks, near Poplar on the Thames Follow
ing tradition of their race, that
THE EARTH BELONGS TO THEM,
they immediately took possession of a vacant
field belonging to one Henry Hooper, and oc-
cupied a large deep sand pit in which they
pitched their tents and proceeded to tear
down the fences for iirewOod and forage the
neighborhood. The residents demonstrated
and gathered in thousands, when a battle of
stones ensued The police were powerless,
and the gipsies beat back the home rules of
the locality.
The intention originally was 10 go to Rot
terdam and sail by the Netherland mail
steamship company, but Mr.. Levy, its agent
here, explained, II, however, ascertained
that they would not be allowed to land in
New York.
THEY ARE GLAD IN RAGS,
the women are barefooted and the children
half naked Their worldly possessions con-
sst of bundles that would fetch much if sold
by weight in an east end rag store. In fact
the company has strictly refused to take the
party, for it is evident the United States
government would never, allow them to land.
They are paupers and vagrants, and we think
no steamship company will risk its reputa-
ton by compelling decent, bOnaflde emil
grants to associate with gypsies whose eX-
terror appearance shows that soap, combs,
and brushes are luXuries they have dispensed
with all their lifetime"
THEY ARE SAID TO POSSESS
about three hundred pounds sterling. They
have never slept in a bed and cannot fancy
there may be governments who Will not con-
slider them welcome additions. l think tine
visitors from the far east ought TO be con-
veyed to their native shore at the earliest op.
portunity.
Application was made to the Monarch line
like other lines to take the gypsies, but it wa
refused. Finally ii was determined to send
them via Liverpool but the local railway
trains declined to take them to Fuston sta
ton, and they were taken in vans and carts.
There at first the Authorities of the railway
also declined, owing to their
FILTH AND sQUALoR,
to take them as passengers, but they were
finally taken as cattle might be. If allowed
to land they will be as here q pestiferous
community without sanitary arrangements
except superabundance of ventilation, no
supply of necessaries except water cart,
and no commissara.e except the external
fOraging of the youngsters. These, in an od
patOis, entreat visitors in the name of the
Madonna, and with promised blessings from
all the saints in all the calendars for a penny
or bread and simulate the woes and miseries
of want and starvation with consummate
skill
WOULDN'T TAKE THEM.
LIVERPOOL, July 15.- New York Herald
Cable-Special 10 the BEE. The steamship
Italy at the moment OF sailing declined to
take the Gypsies, who are still encamped
here near the Central railway station in an
atmosphere redolent OF earbolic acid,
sprlnkled about by a Liverpool sanitary of
iiclal. Thongs Of spectators have the bene-
tit of
A FREE SHOW.
The king Gypsy of the tribe lntimates that he
will change the base of destination on Satur-
day from Castle Garden to Boston. He is a
new pilgrim father.