Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30
HIS EYE Is ON THEM.
Inspector Layton Notified of the
Arrival of 100 Belgians
AT JEANNETTE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
The Men Supposed to Have Been Imported
Under Contract.
MANY INDUSTRIAL ITEMS IN BRIEF

Immigrant Inspector R. D. Layton went
to Jeannette yesterday to investigate re-
port that about 100 more Belgian glass blow
ers had arrived there and had been put to
work on the new No. 8 tank at the Cham
bers-McKee glass factory.
In the morning, while Mr.. Layton was
seated in his Office engaged on his reports to
the Treasury Department, well-known
glass worker, who is not q member of L. A.
800, called and said the Belgians had ar
rived at Jeanette and some of them had
already been put to work. He said the men
arrived on Friday night last and nearly
everyone had tag in his hat, showing that
they came over in one of the Red Star Line
steamers. The man who made the report
said he was standing at the station on Fri
day night when the men got off the train.
None of them could talk English and all
had very little baggage. They were not ac-
companied by women, which fact showed
that they had left their families behind
them. Upon their arrival they were met at
the station by several Of their countrymen,
who conducted them to boarding houses, SO
the informant said.
INFORMED THE INSPECTOR.
At the time of their arrival the gentle
man did not think they were window work.
ers, and as he is not in that branch of the
business, he did not know of the scarcity of
window men in Jeannette. On Saturday
he told a number of friends of the arrival Of
the men in the town. and they advised him to
report the matter to Inspector Layton. This
he did yesterday.
In speaking of the matter prior to MS de-
parture Mr.. Layton said:
II am going to Jeanette to investigate the
report. and If the Belgians arrived there it
will not take long to ascertain whether OF not
they were brought over by contract. If the
law has been violated, there will be no monkey
business as in the last case, but somebody will
suffer. In view of the hubbub raised over the
other suit did not think Chambers q McKee.or
the officials of the Window Glass Workers
Association would knowingly violate the law.
I understand the demand for men caused By
the third tank cannot be filled, owing to the
scarcity of skilled labor in the window business
all over the country. 1 do not care to put
myself in the position of wanting to tell the
run the union, but think the best thing ir
could do Is to allow more American boys to
learn the trade. The business is increasing.
year by year and a 1t is not at al Pfooaoe tnat
believe in having foreigners in this county
working at trades commanding high wages and
shutting out American boys. IL Is not rlgnt,
and If there has been recent violation of the
contract labor law it will be brought to light.
81 have just returned from the Union station
where saw about rs or so Swedes on the emf
grant train. Almost every day there are
several hundred emigrants at the station about
noon, bound for the northwest. One thing I
notice particularly, Is that better class of
foreigners IS now coming into the country.
The Swedes l saw to-day, were big, fine looking,
healthy men and women the kind of people
that make good residents of this country,
DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN.
"Another thing found, and one that is not
generally known, is that the Italians that come
into this city do SO unobserved. They think
the Americans do not want Them in this city,
and if they can come in under cover of night.
they do So 1 thought the Italians had quit
coming altogether, as had not noticed them
among the daily arrivals at the station. I
mentioned this to one of the train hands one
day, and he explained 1t by saying that when
they came in large crowds most of them were
ticketed to a way station, say Greensburg.
They get off the train there, and come into the
city on local trains. scarcely believed that
until Investigated and found out that the in
formation was correct.
Another thing notice is that the Slavs are
called Hungarians, and the low-down serfs of
the former race are willing to saddle all their
misdongs on Hungary. The majority of peo-
pie do not know the difference between Hun
garians and Slavs. and call them all by one
name. A Slav IS no more a Hungarian than
Canadian Is a United States citizen"