Telegram-herald., 1888-08-19
Immigration EVILS
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SEs Yosk. Aug ls.-Chsirn.n Ford Of
tie Congressional eOmRitles iavessigs az
The evils Of immigration. opened toasys
proceedings sy calling 70 the stand Dstsc-
tive Michael ]. Reap. OF the Eldridgest.
Police Station. Witness said he had been
attached 10 that prsciacs for a NUMBER Of
years. during Which be had noticed the
steadily inersssioE numbsr Of Polish and
Hungarian Jews within the ssusds
Of the Eleventh precinct. At present
they sbound IN Ludlow, Hester and
Essex-sts- and in the lower portion of
the streets running from Graad 10 Division
81. ess, Of TIE Bo~e-y. Tsese foreigners.
witness said. are exceedingly hlthy la their
habits. Home i0susncs Is wsntin K
smOng them. Numbers of them peddIs
stale vegetables aud deeaving fruit. They
never attempt 90 learn English. Their liy-
ing costs bat little, very much less than
lhe cost 10 u0rkingnen of Othsr nstionali-
ties They cause much trouble and sani-
tary oricsrs are constantly in their Eiid.t
70 insu psrtial cleanliness. IL Is aissu.t-
ing even 10 travel where these Poses and
Hunzarisns couxregsie.
Ms Jane Ryan, q young woman en-
ployed in BArbours fax thread mills o
came over with four other girls in 1885.
When asked II her fare was paid she hest
tated and said piteously: IF l tel the
tu th Mr.. Barbour will not give me any
more work"
Finally she admitted that Mr.. st. Long.
clerk Of Barbours, had given her a ticket in
Ireland. She had paid him back NJ rate
of 80 cents per week after her arrival. Wit
ness earned shillings per week at homo.
a. ~
agreed 10 work fo- Mr.. Barbour eighteen
months. and had worked for him from July
lSS5. TO August. 1887. when she married and
left the mill. When she grew III Mr.. Bar
bour offered 10 pay her fare home. but II
became better and did not 20. About one
hundred girls came from the same part of
Ireland, and are working in Barbour's
mills in Patterson. Did not know positively
that they came under the aame circumstan-
ces. Her passage was s15. About one hun
dred men aud boys have also come from
Ireland TO work in Barbour's mills.
Kate Kearney, a handsome Irish girl. an
employe Of Barbour. testified that she came
here under similar circu instances to thAt Of
MIRA Ryan. bat would net say thst cay
agreement was made about wages. when
threatened with imprison mept for oonteApt
she burst into tears and was led 10 anSeAsr
room to recover her coon posurs.
After recess today the CeRpittao csllod u
the stand an Irishman named JohA Murphy.
He has been here for one yVox In ths PGstaR-
son mills. He bought bur 6ctsH On ~ N
stallmsnt plan: one he used 1hd the Others.
three friends of his used, who are now In
BsrbOurs mills. His wages are 81 a week
out of which 81 are deducted TO pay for his
ticket.
Sarah II. McGrogan. another of Bar
bours employees. was next Called. She had
purchased eight tickets OF Ssaton, but was
not expected TO pav for them until her
people arrived and had got to work.
Thos Mitchell. o watchmsn at Barbour's
mill, testified that ne bought nine tickets
of Seaton's agency for his wife and eight
children. Five of his children are employed
at Barbour's. Every two weeks he pays
IS on the tickets. The investigation was
adjourned until Monday.