The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-10
IN THE PADRONES HANDS.
TMMIGRANTS' STORIES OF SUFFER-
ING AND abortion
The Barge once Authorities Are After
PRSaualo Jncobn of Mulberry Street.
"Ihese Arc NV Mon, Z Own THANH

The Barge once Authoritie. Are After
| PAsauaio Jncobn of Mulberry Street.
| These Are NV Men, own Them"
| Tho Barge Office authorities are looking
! Tor ono PasQualo Jaccoba n Mulberry street
| padrone. who is supposed to have taken
| twenty six Of his fellow countrymen to Penn
| sylNania These men arrived about April l.
| Yesterday we-known Italian made affidavit
! that tho men had been employed at one Of the
neiGhborInH race tracks and that ono night,
| when the mon We're being paid OIL, It was
noticed that man was taking away their en-
Velopes. That man was Iaccoba, Whom
| questioned he snid.
These are my mon. l own them. They
belong to me. They each owe me $50. paid
| their passage from Italy,
AS tho passage from Italy Ia f24 Jacooba
was making pretty good thing. He also made
| little something on their board, for he fed
| them all. The Italians had agreed to PAY to
Jaccoba their entire wages for the first third.
| and fifth months. and 50 on until the debt
| should be cancelled. The race track authors
| ties Immediately discharged the whole gang
| Tho matter was placed IN the hands OF the
| United States District Attorney.
30 also was the case OF NinCun7O ROSamiiA
the padroge who came to the Barge Ollice on
Thursday looking for five Italians who were to
come over by the steamship Alesla to work on
Newark street railway. Eosamia was In.
formed Yesterday that 1t had been decided to
Collector Erharit made similar decision in
the raso OF the twelve Austrians who landed on
Thursday from tho Maasdcm. They were
brought over by John lHndish Of Chicago and
were TO work ut carpenterng.
. Alfonso WOedoto and Stani laus llencke, Po-
lish immigrants. arrived here yesterday from
Scrant0n With tao OF fraud They said that
Jacob kongstein boarding house runner.
had promised them work IN an iron foundry at
scranton. l!e swindIed thom at n Washington
much for their railroad ticket s, and sent them
tea Scranton employer,w who has no existence.
Tr 6Gyh walked S%d back k G Is in the
charge of iorcibly taking away the baggage OF
two Ghlican immigrants
Port Limoni Costa kirn, yesterday, had on
board Charles L. Mullor and sixteen other
Germans. ali who arc lott OF II band of sixty
seven who nearly n year ago went from New
York 10 Costa kca to work on u railroad for
man named T. jackson.
The party, which came from Germany. mot
JACKSON at CnStie Garden. They say that he
induced them. by stories Of untold wealth. to
sign an eight months contract for tho work in
Mur say sHf that S he 1oT adN
man nay ,t3l for expenses of travel and
only paid them 7s cents day for their work.
Application was made to tho American Consul
ut Costa l!ica; but he said that he could do
nothing for them. At the end OF the eight
months only seventeen remained Of the party.
They Immediately took passage for New York.
Muller who appeared to be the leader. said he
meant to take proceedings against Jackson
Tor swindling.
Inspector Layton was sent Yesterday to La
trobe, Pa. TO look up lO7 Italians who were
PASSED about . two weeks ago, and who went to
The state Commissioners of migration met
in executive session yesterday and audited ac-
counts. Commissioner Stephenson slid after
ward that Castle Garden was open for tho re-
ception OF immigrants and would be kept open.
1t was no business OF the Federal Government
what happened TO tho immigrants alter they
landed.