The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-19

more with the committee than any
other fact, according to Mr.. Schulteis.
llo was referred, under false name OF
course, and in disguise, to General John
G. New, United States Consul General,
for some recommendation. General
New refused to give any Endorsement 10
the supposed paupcr. llc did not be.
lievc his story. In the face Of this the
society contributed Ct 2s. I'd. is G2) to
the so necessary for tho stGerage pas
snge on the Cunard steamship Servia.
Tho clerks declared that hundreds upon
hundreds OF pnuperized Russian Jews
were passed OH from England to Amer.
lea upon tho Endorsement OF their con-
suls.
The whole secret OF Mr.. Schutcis' ter.
riblc trip in the Scrvia was discovered
by correspondent OF the Herald who
made the voyage rs Il cabin passenger.
An arrangement was then made
through which the correspondent re.
peatedly furnished tho commissioner
with food from the cabin, as he was
hungry and unable to cat tho meals
served in tho stccragc.
Gradually the whole story took shape.
Just 4 week before the Scrvia sailed,
her sister ship, the Umbria, LETT Liver.
pool, carrying on board Commissioner
Gross, one OF Mr.. Schu!tcis's associates.
Both Schultois and Powderly were pres
ent to sec their colleagues of. The
company knew that an emigration COIN
missioner would be on board during the
whole voyage, and very strict scrutiny
was made of the cmigrants rs they
passed up tho gang plank. Mr.. Schulz
tets and Mr.. Powderly, unknown to the
company, carefully watched tho pro-
cGedings from the dock. They saw, for
instance, Jewish woman with seven
helpless children, some OF them quite
sickly, who had been forwarded IRON
Russia, without money and without
friends, turned back from tho ship and
put into 4 wagon.
Here was good case. Tho company
did not wish Mr.. Cross to SEQ this wo.
man and her helpless brood. 1t would
have been too serious matter to have
told the story too plainly. Mr.. Powder
ly followed the wagon until it stopped
in front OF the Cunard company's emf
grant clearinghouse in Duke street,
where the woman and her children were
received.
For whole week this family was sup
ported at the expense OF the Cunard
company, and when Commissioner
Schulteis trudged himself on board the
Scrvia with his dollar and q half over
coat which had been hanging in front OF
Il secondhand shop for some months,
and carrying his bed and tin dishes OH
his shoulder, the first sight that met his
eyes was the Jewish woman and her
brood budding at the entrance to tho
stewards quarters. In few minutes
lie was talking with her in German ard
kindly consented to examine her ticket,
on which was printed the word Umbria,
scratched, and the word Servia written
i'll by one OF the officials OF the Cunard
company.
HADEs BELOW DECKS.
The first four days OF the voyages
were one long agony in tho stcerage.
The weather was boistcrous; the ship
heaved and rceled. The air in the
Storage quarters was vile beyond de-
scription. The floor and walls OF the
closets on TIE upper deck reckcd with
filth. 1ndescribable odors arose in
different directions. In one place sew
cnteen Russian Jews lay helpless and
almost spcechlcss in the agonics OF sea-
sickness. The Jewish mother and her
children were tortured by the motion OF
the vessel On all sides were men and
women rolling in their own filth, but for
three days no doctor appeared. There
was doctor on board the ship, Of
course. lie wore gold slashed uni
form and was very popular among the
the cabin passengers. He was supposed
to visit the immigrants at ten o'clock
every morning. but morning after
morning passed and no doctor appeared.
Meanwhile all was wretchcdness and
squalor Men who could not be al
fectcd by the motion OF the boat be-
came sick in the presence OF SO much
foulness. The upper vcnti!ating win
dows were kept securely fastened. Men
and women tried to stagger up the long,
steep flights OF steps that lead up to the
closets, and in many cases fell down
again and abandoned themselves to tho
situation.
Sailors and under steward, firemen
and stokers have free access to the
women quarters. They came in under
tho plea OF nursing the poor wretches
and ended by embracing them. There
seemed to be no officer whose duty it
was to prevent these things, or ii there
was he failed to do his duty. In ono
case Commissioner Schulteis saw
brutal employee OF the ship lustfully
caressing an emigrant girl in the actual
throes CT scasickacss and unable to re-
sist.
HELPLESS EMIGRANT GIRLHooD.
The intimacy OF the employees OF the
ship with the helpless cmigrant girls
grew hour by hour. One fireman or
stolscr actually boosted to Commits
sioner Schulteis OF his conquest over n
sick girl, describing to him how his
victim watched him every moment
while he was nursing her. Often the
poor creatures paid Tor 4 few mouthiuls
OF palatable food carried from the
employees table by submitting to the
most shameful caresscs. There seemed
to be no safeguard for virtue, no pity
for innocence. At night carnality
rcigncd on the stcerage deck. Tho
commissioner saw sailors and stokers
and iiremen dancing for hours with
emigrant girls against the rules Of the
vessel and then embracing them in
dark corners, lying OH the decks with
them under the cover OF their blankets
and crawling into dark corners and
shadowy rooms over the boilers.
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