New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
ARE PUGILISTS ARTISTS.
THE IMMIGRATION BUREAU MUST DECIDE
A COMPLAINT THAT sLAvIN AND MITCHELL
c.D,r ro ADrrp1cA TrXDER CONTRACT.

A COMPLAINT THAT sLAVIN AND MITCHELL
CAME TO AMERICA UNDER CONTRACT.
A curlons case for decision has lately come mp IN
.h r,,,.,+tor Denartmcnt The question Is, are pro
fessIonal pugists when under contract artists OF
eimnlv aborersl As artists the Contract Labor La"
cannot touch Them hut the matter was brought 10 me
notice of the Commissioners Of lmnieauoh ana II -
mo,ted question whether the pue5t Is an artist OF
Iaborer The following Is the letter that first ore"
the attention OF the Bureau TO the question
' Phladephl, June 4. 1891
r. .,o socrot,-v ~ the Commissioners Of Immigration
New-York CITY:
neor Sir. VIII YOU kindly inform through your attr-
nov why IL Is that TWO English professional pueii's FRANK
savin and Charles Mitchell be brought TO TINS country
90 ,,,oar IN pulic exhibitions and pugistic contests
ANNOUNCING TO $40 600 related in papers here uhoef con-
tract with DR.. j. 4. Doueherty. and aio"eu 70 ''o'O
the law in It's very meaning whilst an American l'u! '
MOI tr,c oer oven servant EuioTe for her own use Z
1t indeed strange that pugilsts shOuiu nav S
concessions made them and foreigners, too, Whe an
American lady is prevented from importing servants.
Trusting You will bring this matter to the attention u
your honorable Board and in case you neeo the w.
II Dr. Doupherty see by papers that he can De- oud
ot the Hotel Brunswick NewYork or at the Lafayette
Hotel this CITY, l may add Informed the contract
was signed February 7. 1891. Yours respectfully
on receipt of this letter the matter was placed IN tle
hands of Colonel T. F. Lee, one OF the assistant III
the Immigration ijtlil 'lli'li1' ar"
rcport he had no easy job in seeing either oiaVu Vi
NItcbcIl lie SAYS in his report that finding siaVm
and Mitchell was a. hard as catching "W1H o the
,risn7 He first went 10 the Hoffman House. rom
,,ieI,o he was sent 10 the st. Jamcss the IT. james
sent him 10 the Brunswick the brunswick 10 inc
Marlborough the Marlborough 10 the Westminster
which hotel referred him back to the Hoffman lie
learned there that the puciliss were at sheep''cu
Eav but could not find them.
~, J-,4dav might he Mitchell entering inc Iub J
,.,o,,o ,d smoke 10 him. Mitchell most
oourteous but one Of Mitcheli's friends thredtclel
10 breal, his neck This Mitchell resented and as the
,,luIous friend repeated his Intent. the przenghters
elected the man from the room with more force
,har fr,endsbiu Mitchell told Colonel Lee that bOth
he and Savin were to return u Europe by the steam
hin AuranIa and would b eglad 10 do The square
tb,oo - # he would meet them board that vessel
Colonel Lee saw the two men yesterday afternoon
IN hoard the Aurana and they sgued an ai"dtvit IN
which they stated that they under contract 10
DE- J. A. Doueherty 30 give pugilistc eXDion' ~,
the United Stlt"s. on his part oHorlls W P.tV ~
- 600 IN meet current expenses, tHc PRONE ~ nc
eeorailv divided When they landed mere from u1
Steamship Gcrmanc. DOughcrty had not inc uolV!
I'M he sf claimed a share In tNclr receipts 7''N
t,LI -,e tryo ulizc fighters paid DOueherV S'l1 ana
Id,ir, tber uiciected tour looked after their own
Interests, They had certainly come uiiuer id
int finding the whole ching IaliHS Hd" u-'c''''''
20 return u England 81, r,t,.,tion De,,rt-
meut is whether the men are labofca OI
!, & decided that they are the former, Dr D'uehfrH
VII love IN nav large fine, and the American Pu-Ht
Iii no b,npy in tie thought that lie Is projected rom
foreign cOI.pC tltOn.