The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27
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IL is a well-known fact that the
scum Of humanity is Ia be ionht
in sea.board towns all over tn.
wor!d,ard in this country the eyi
is aggravated 10y the accumulation
at The seaporis of the most worth.
lie s and degraded classes OF the
immigrants that pour into them in
never ceasing stream. The thrift
Tier ot them make their way west.
ward, leaving a vicious, beggarly
crowd behind TO swell the popula-
lion of already o~vererowded cities.
As an. Italian paper says in COM
meniing on the tragedy at New
Orleans, the towns on the Ameri.
can seacoast r "infested with the
ex-gallev slaves of Europe" And
their coming 10 d land of freedom
does not Tree them from their vi
cious propehsities, which are a
curse 10 them and The communities
in which they live.
The attention Of The public was
first directed to the new element
OF the European population which
is being introduced into this coun-
try at the time Of the Johnstown
disaster, when hyenas IN human
form from Hungary were founl de-
spelling the bodies of the dead,
and were strung up to trees as a
warning to others. The Hungari.
ans, Poles and Italians, of the
classes that haye been immigrating
10 this country Of late years, are so
brutal, slolid and morally c%allous,
that they car hardly be kept IN
subJectlon by simply allowing the
law TO take ITS course, especially as
the law generally takes any but
the right course. These people are
not used to the mild methods
which suffice TO keep our native
population within bounds. and
they need 10 have a stern lesson
taught them OCCASIONALLY in order
TO make them behave themselves.
The worst characteristic of these
low Europeans is their disposition
10 con-pire together and carry out
plots in defiance of law. This was
The origin of The recent trouble at
New Orleans and OF The Chicago
riots. A still more recent example
is afforded by the violent behavior
ct the striking cloak makers of
New York city. This occupation
has come to be monopolized by
Poles, Austrians and Russians.
They are banded together to pre-
vent the employment of otherla.
Dor and, in general, to control their
employers. As a consequence
many of The contractors have re-
moved to Jamaica and other Long
Island towns in the hope of being
able TO work without interference
from union men. The latter have
been greatly incensed thereby, and
last week they gave an example
of the manner in which they pro.
pose 10 deal with "scab' labor.
The establishment which they
selected for The first raid was that
of Herman Greenbaum and Sam.
nel Bile ri, who had removed Sc.
al night from their former :
place of business on the bOwerv. !
the strikers had informed !
themselves as TO The situation by {
sending out spies, a party oftwen.
ty.seven men made a descent ON {
he establishment early one morn. !
With shouts and curses they !
broke into the building and pro. i
'eeded 10 demolish the contents of
t.. including eight sewing ma. !
,hines. The goods that were be. !
ing made up they ruined by pour.
NC vitriol on them. To cap the C
n Of The men seized a r
onr.!year-old child by one Of its U
egS, and holding il up poured VT. II
lol on it. After destroying proper. a
v tOthe value Of S12G0 the strikers 1
The people from southern Eu. c
ope that are crOwding into this
.ountry now constitute The most
dangerous element o: our popula- .
ion. They have no more moral /
enSlbility and but little more in |
diligence than brutes. They have y
o respect for law, and their chief
.eligh, consists i'll evading and vi
lating it. By at first acceoting
wages they crowd out
Imerican workmen, and then .
ring their employers in subsection j
through The power exercised by
heir oath bound societies. Unless
his filthy stream of immigration 7
hat is pouring into the United
tates is checked The troubles aris-
~ from tins source will increase :.
The "ex-galley-slaves" al
hal are crowding into our eastern =,
are as Objectionable as are
he Chinese on The Pacific roaSt