New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-22
ALMSHOUSES NEVER SO FULL
SENDING OVER IDIOT IMMIGRANTS.

,r..s u,xryC GOVERNMENT MAIL BA'S-
CLOSE or THE COMMITTEES WORK HERE
,,..un..s Committee on immigration closed
a., t,.os,tgo,ion IN this city yesterday. Tho session
,ros called half An hour earlier than usuai. uias wv
,no,obcrs might end their work In time 10 cson Wv
O'Clock boat for Boston. Chairman foio .o'' ,-,n.,
une reporter that he was anxious 10 o'o9o ,"o - -
ration I'm Boston In time TO return 10 "asn'p- 49,,
september f. Accordingly tho commrtco "
no rest but BEGIN work Immediately "po" 'snos
there II was not unlikely that suficicnt ne" oViuo'
I ,.... It'd como IN light in New-York to warrant
anobor short sittn. here after the Investigation d.
Boston had been completed. ,,u.,,o, ~
The days work began with inc examiner" -,
Lewis A. samlcls. Government conu a ,,,,
has at No. 2O6 Canal-st lio testihod tha' 10 :,
e,n.!oycd about 100 hands IN his factory ""'h
present was shut down he coulu no a.,
man. of hts employees were fore gnors. but thou-h' %
tbc majority were such They were not shliled "oi
mon as the operation of sewing the bags was slnpo 'u
readily learned. He had never lmpol'cu i''o' "
nlclcd mon out at Castle Garden TIC cong -e' "o'
hands in this cit. than he needed III hau ho'"'.'-
do with tho employing OF men, Ihat .ai' VI ~
| bus,nos. was in the hand, Of his foreman. joseph
Aronod He had received complaints about ArohoI
charging men a bonus before giving theih WORN i.D
thou~ht that the complaints false. lie had never
Kicked an cm-loye down stairs for complaining 10 MIN
that AronoH exo.ted money from him Nor han no o'o
told am one that the foreman had too mch po"cr ~
be tnterercd with though he might have SAID ha' ~
did not know of any way Of getting az the iaoS ""o
such CHARGES were made. In March the lowest wa-cS
received by any OF his employees IS week the
HIGHEST SD 75 while in the month before Tho wages
had ranged from s6 to S14 rs week. The men "eio
paid by piece-work
PAYING FOR WORK AT STARVATION WAVES
Samuel vogesohn, Russian jew, testified that no
had worked for samuels When he applied ior WORN
the foreman demanded 20 Of him for giving him si'u@
non. lie had only ~ which sum Aronof finally con-
sentcd TO accept. The foreman, he stated Always
charged this bonus and man could get WORK WIN
| out paving It. After keeping man few wechs nc
would discharge him in order to get money from inc
man who took his place The most he had ever earned
was "a so week. while he had received as low aS
81 so for a weeks work. solomon WollnsK, anO'her
Russian Jew, had had the same experience win Aroh,
OH lie testified that he not only had paid tho uSuai
81 for his situation but had made the foreman presents
He had nevor been able to more than 81 % OF
81 week. however, the man would not give 'nc
employees any amount OF material to MAKE up h'o odo'
unless they paid him fixed monthly tax
Tho examination Of Daniel Kreuz, street musician
who had brought six Germans to this country
under play instruments In his street oah
proved to be OF little Importance as the man had no
cndcavocd to force tho Others TO observe the terms VI
e agreement after he found out that the contract was
Illegal Krcutz accordingly gave place to Coinms
sloner fainter who desired 10 say word about Int
test nony of Collector Magone, which had been taheI
the day before lie explained 70 the committee tina
the act on contractlabOr empowered the secretary
enter into contract with state Commissioners. lh
Secretary however had never catered into any suc
contract although he himself had written TO the Treas
ury Department, expressing the willingness OF tn
Commissioners enter into the contract II the sec
rotary would bear the expense of the additional III
: spcctors that would be required. The secretat
had said that he would take the matter Into cor
sideration. subsequently two inspectors had bee
. sent to Castle Garden from Collector Msgone's dc
n parment The Commissioners had never acte
officially in detecting contract-labor cases. but onl
; with a Wow to assist the Collector in his duties
lad been stated By other Commissioners ana Superb
, tcndent Jackson before the committee.
!. ONE WAY TO GET RID OF CoNvICTs.
n August P. Wagner, lawyer testified thai he ma
been called to defend Swiss convlcs trial in III
n courts of New-YortI. They had told him that the
Government had shipped them of to America. cor
Q siderinc them incorriglble lie also knew OF case
It whore Germans had paid the passage money Of the
% burtlensome relatives and had left them
r, shift for themselves. The investigation closed wit
vt the examination OF william Make. superintendent
20 OF the Outdoor Poor Department He stated that Sc
enty per cent of those who were public charges In N
le city were fore gners, a largo proportion OF VINO
d we're immigrants landed here within the last TWO
- | three wears The number OF pauterS was material
" Increasing. The asylums and amShoscs had neN
10 before been full as now 1hcrc weir many cds
s. where idiots were sent 10 THIS county, I t II a.
r luns Of Europe, especially Great brllalh' ilc ~
= reccIvcd paupers who hal come to him az onre up
Id helng dismissed from Castle Garden. Others W
~ had been cared for at wards Island for year by
., Somnisslone,s had, when sent away. taken c
straight to his office to apply for abundance 10
almshouse.