The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-10-17

Sans officers were investigating the
alleged importation of laborers from
Mexico to pick the cotton which is
now dropping out of bolls and going to
waste in whitened patches all over
south and middle Texas, and a STATES
MAN reporter yesterday ascertained it
was true.
SOME GRIM HUMOR.
1t will be remembered that the State
Farmers alliance at Dallas some time
ago passed a resolution raking Gus
Wilke over the Goals for importing
granite cutters, after he had wasted
many weeks of time and no end of
money advertising for cutters in this
country, offering them higher wages
than the rate fixed by their own
unions, and asking the president not
to remit the fines against Mr.. Wilke.
Now it is the other fellow who can
not get hands. The farmer is short Of
help, and it is alleged is importing it
from a foreign country, and taken in
connection with the Dallas resolution,
there is deal of grim humor in the
whole business.
Should the farmers be convicted,
and the evidence is said to be very
strong against them, Mr.. Wilke can
perch himself on the bow of one of
his mud scows at the mouth of the
Brazos and, gently rocking on the
"heaving bosom of the sleeping sea-"
can hold an enthusiastic meeting and
unanimously adopt resolution upon
the wickedness of importing foreign
laborers and praying the president not
to remit fines which may be adjudged
against the patriotic Alliance men.
WHO THEY ARE.
The complaints on file in the Office
of the United States district court
against persons upon whom service
has been had are as follows:
Hon. George McGehee, Of Hays
county five cases.
J. H. Jennings, of Hays county, six
cases.
John Davis and A. H. Fleming, of
Hays county, seven cases.
There are supposed to be many
other cases, and, in fact, there are
many others, but as service has not
been had names cannot be made pub
lie. It's even limited that some Travis
county planters may have to dance in
attendance upon the court to answer
disagreeable questions.
THE COMPLAINT.
The following is the complaint in
full as made against one of the de-
PENDANTS.
THE UNITED STATES
VS..
George McGehee.
In the circuit court of the United States for
the Fifth circuit and Western district of
Texas, at Austin, Texas.
To the judges of said court:
Now comes the United States, by her at
torney. Andrew J. Evans, and complains to
the court of George McGehee, late of the
Western district of Texas, and resident clti-
zen of said Western district of Texas and
subject to the jurisdiction of this court and
charges that, on or about the fifteenth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine, and i'll the Western dis
trict of Texas, and in that portion of said
district returnable to Austin, the said
George McGehee did unlawfully and know
ingly assist, encourage and solicit one Vic
toriano Trevino he being then and there
an alien and foreigner to the United
States of America and subjest to the
Republic of Mexico to migrate from said
Republic to the United States of
America and to the state of Texas thereof,
and unto the Western district of Texas and
then and there did knowingly and unlaw-
fully prepay the transportation of said
Victoriano Trevino from said Republic of
Mexico to the United States, and all this
he, the said George McGehee then and
there did under a certain contract and
agreement, parol, special, express and i'm
piled, then and there made by and between
the said George McGehee and the said Vic
tOrianO Trevino, previous to the said Vic
tOriano Trevino's becoming resident or
citizen of the United States, the said con-
tract being, in effect. that the said Victori-
ano Trevino would instantly migrate from
his Republic of Mexico to the
United States and to the state of Tex
county of Hays thereof and there do labor
and service for defendants; and that under
said contract and agreement the said Vic
toriano Trevino did migrate from his Re-
public of Mexico to the state of Texas and
to the Western district and to the county of
Hays and then and there did perform SER
vice and labor for said defendants under
said contract and agreement
Wherefore the United States says and
charges that the said George McGehee, by
reason OF the premises aforesaid and by
virtue of the statute has forfeited to her
the penalty of $1,000 prescribed by the
same and for which she here sues in debt
and prays for her service and for Judge
ment for said sum of 81 900 and ali costs
against the'said defendants and in duty
bound she will everp. ay. A. ]. EVANS,
United States Attorney, Western District
of Texas.
The cases are set for the February
term of court, and from indications
there is going to be big batch OF
| them.
All jokes aside, the enforcement OF
the law is going to work great hard
ship upon farmers in south and mid
die Texas. For years and years they
have been in the habit of bringing
over cotton pickers from Mexico to as
sist in getting out the cotton crop.
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