The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-10
woes OF IMMIGRANTS,
'ho Foul Airs Of tho Stceraeo
Smelling to High Heaven.
OVERCOME A CONGRESSMAN.
" nat M lnuuirins Committee Found
on Shlp-Thc Slim a Accommoua.
tions offered 10 Stccragc Pas
scngcrs--A Dirty Hold.

NEW lORE. Anril 0-Whilo iIo ro,
!. pressional 1mr;n.a,;o, C..,,,,,,.. WV
Q in sooo;s., A,"''''. oo."''',''ee was
!, III session yesterday, tho Anchor Limo
steamship Utopia, from Mediterranean
ports, was sighted nj Sandy IIook
By ,be ,;mo ill.,, ,.a..a; ,a,
, Or,,,..,. M ''"'o :" '''' 'e'''' i'"' 'eacaea
s"""''''"e inc session was ended and
she revenue cutter Chandler was wait
ing TO convey tho Customs officers IN
the shin a,d tho n,,,, n.,,;,h ;.a.,.,, :.
fC,o.,. p;.,... law ~. i,''y, "h'c.' 'nc'uued
o'v'N H'cNe''s, Oh tho iiouse Committee,
anu the stenographer, got OIL board,
on Quarantine the Utopia was boar,,od
und tho n,rsor rooo;.oI ,la ,,;n;,o.
M. :. o'''" viz >'s',o's'
1,a,:n o Immigrants, VINO number OIL
iealiahs, were on deck, and presented u
,Ho;!. sir, spee.aGle. Mahy oil Them mad all
~. IT, cneGts m III their arms ana all were
NY hnty. 1ne party eibo,"ed. their way
Ja."'ls',. JInso"si ,ne crowd anu gong forward,
uescsnueu tTs steep stairway which led 10
.imsa. .i,u saee.ase. a stench was encountered
"aa.os' "aans "s soon as the party began to de-
Sre.l'. me,i H., from INC bottom OF the stair
GGy ,; ;nste coula DC discerned, in tho
u,n in l'Sht, men and women resting in
ano puhks. Congressman stump had to
~ ,ho On no, aeck again, as he could not stand
'he ioul air.
large room, iilled with double
s"an, pe,.ns, each ox2 teet, composed tn,
n'eIIps"s OCT quarters OF the unmarried
.a"iean n;nn sh Alt Oh thls place was the mar
.La leu "oniehs quarters. They were on
Wv. snv aanie pan as the others. Three
pa.hs' p.atns' ABOUT ionr ieet IN heighth, SEP.
a.".eu s,.a' the quarters OF the married
mollieh from those OF the men. No bed
9M,ns am was visible in the bunks, and when
W.. owen inquired where 1t was the
pu.sel stated that 1t was always thrown
oVefooard, according to rules, while the
,S vessel was outside the bar. He also
aonn lhe congressman that the quarters
were were c'eahed every day, Previous to
sIe making oil THIS statement Captain
:aitofrlson' :ntl ,he vessels commander, naa
luioimen Mr. stump That the bedding
"1s thrown away because II was dirty.
on returning TO the deck MIR. owen
questioned several OF the passengers
concerning, C, their food aud quarters.
hney sa'a Trey had no place to wash ex-
cept on deck. For supper they got
bread and cheese, for dinner macaroni,
anu lor breakfast bread and conee we're
served. Ihey stated that they had
envWHeh We 70 eat.
=, Nheh the vessel reached her dock st
pIooklyn Tue investigators were glad to
se1 away from the foul odors.
~ nn speaking OF what he had seen,
Congressman Owen said tho class OF
passengers was not desirable, and was
reatly the scum OF Europe. The ac-
Gomm9datlons, he said, were very bad.
tnueea, ia ne had seen cattle better cared
,oa. ,''a, ~ CONGRESSMAN stump sad thatlt
wv Mas ,he lrst ume he had eyer been IN
i1a.s ide ssteerase' anu he hoped that 1t would
Dc the last.
!: Inc committee consists OF Representa-.
ives owen, Lehlbach and stump and
sTi SENATORS Evarts, Alcl'herson and Hale
Inc OBJECT OF the investigation is to sUg-