The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-17
vR. SCHULTEIS'S DISGUISE.
,,rc,,1 IMMIGRATION COMMISSION
:, rovEs HOME IN THE STEERAGE

.,.x. m, Finds . Lot or Abuses and
$3.50. All the Imuigrants Rcturnea, bat
49, are Landed After m Unnecessary
r.,.,-The Jealous Conui ssioner Threat
III. . silt for Denasation OF Char
Result or His Charges.
AMI schuIteis. one OF tho Ave Commits
-. opnoint.d by the Secretary OF the
s,on. "a mediate on life in the foreign
- trom which our immigration flows. mr.
r' ..S moro Yesterday on the steamship Servia.
I'm, tha four other Commissioners. he came
ou.sr.idsd. His namo was not on the cabin
'sanrer list for the very good reason that he
rasrt a cabin passenger. He had the almost
N,,.,,t.d credit Of IN official representative
y, Trc,e Sam, and could have had the finest
y. ~ nA On tho ship II he had wanted 1t. But his
ia was teemng with a great scheme which
. .ns,,rsd Disgusting himself as an immigrant.
II. "a, battered secondhand suit OF clothes
., Iirertool purchased a steerage passage on
~. Seryia and mingled with the unwashed
nIsh,ians His clothes didn't fit him. but. hav-
Inc b,ep labor agitator. he was no dude. and
.idnY care. Ho posed as an English fmmi-
rron, and MS nearly all Of his 225 fellow voya-
ssrs between docks werc German Jews and
scand;navians. they didn't remark his Yankee
accent.
Nobody asked or wanted Mr.. schulteis to
,nr,, over in tho steerage. He was not au-
,borized or appointed to do the immigrant act
nrasa little idea Of his own" as he put It
yesterday.
xho take storage passage. N. schulteis dis
covered lot OF terrible things. In the first
padt 70 find khat All NJ thn
tbrty.eicht German Hebrews on the ship had
their passages prepaid. Mr.. Schulteis. hav-
ipy confined himself principally to the study
9, standing well with the Administration as q
representative of organized labor. did not
now that about so per cent. Of all immigrants
rcme here with prepaid tickets. that is, tickets
s ns,s Of Rs s'S owe and hunted around
e euu with. Hs found that the brieht-eyed.
Hs Ss saors
With them. and they didn't resent it.
When the seryia came t. anchor at 2uaran-
book vas crammed with accusations against
La Inspector Milholland's stan boarded the
St ssf eSsnmssSees schaitsss ms and
H. generally sosPei0as and tspsGt tied
occupation was. and where he came from. Mr..
So asS. Sas ssssd vi 9th sf Hs Of s4c
sa s Whep a he found that hfs Bogus COM
%dfat sst n as t. ie as
Before going ashore he changed his old
ssas e. sas sRnsy Ssh 4a
ssfR Sss :a teS e ssa Lee ssse
Ssa ssIs! Bs1s aSs 81 an
vhlch. DO said. would be about l O'Clock. Mr..
Seaultsis Stopped Ct seyersl places on the
IL Weber, S Thinking that M. schulteis
pnste held the immierants until Mr.: schui.
iSSsoes. but the cSlonsi could not conscien.
s Slis ss%3ssSay & tas uI SaFYs 9es
Ssbody greeted NJ: sehuitsis with . aor.i
Has1 Is De entered the Barge oiics: That's
were WI ssioo%ed back TSers was no room os
usss ns ssh
.na a sesutss FssW " s sheasst
But OBJ Weber was not disturbed. After he
apto Tie isndins bureau. III. Schuiteis want.
& SsS tss
Charities Of this city. Ill., Schulteis said. was
f f Colonel said that specific CHARGES would
charges against any Of the Hebrews. They
nsaeSEps lot q immsrants. sna ali y
them had money and OCCUPATIONS.
Ny. Schulteis thought II there wasn't a law
cts there ought to be. He also threw out sew
eral suggestions about new methods OF exam
ming immigrants.
@ pass the gauntlet Of Mr.. Schulteis's scru-
tiny. no frightened up bit. He had. or
thought he had sure case against In:
Years. sfe eid. bound red for swea Manissae e
Mich, Mr.. ,.,schulteis accused her. Of i'm
morality. She was cross-examined close
esests The Rev. A. ns f fs Swedish m sas
az W at the barge ONCE, also questioned the
s Zane ne became convinced that the girl was
tilat le had no personal knowledge Of the
o. s.crysral sailors for il. Col Weber said he
charge; besides. there was no law under which
SS TResn tSs eeonsl ss
body had discovered mares nest All the
registry clerks smiled.
nu' tnsre Was no smile on the face OF Pastor
"a. .ana. heg4t AS mad as q man OF his cloth
san yet and not fracture any Of the ten COM
ia, mhanldments. He also said. with emphasis.
mat ne would engage lawyer swanson this
IolMnG 10 begin suit against Mr. Schulteis
l rr dsiaming the character OF Miss Petersen.
tne swedish Immigrant Society will meet to-
ssn 70 take action In the matter. Miss Peter
zen mas asked for u medical examination.
ali III; schuiteis refused to say anything for
paphcatlon. He Is small. slender young
Ian with an important air. He waved his
,an1s 70 the reporters. and remarked that he
. soul give out his startling experiences in tho
mse,,;aee " the world this morning at tho first
s%eeuhs Of the Commission. OF which he Is q
' nrsl, He invited all the reporters to be
Wrssenf to hear him.
s, sSE Weber said the meeting would be an ex-
sone ope. and that the subject for discus
NJ MY would be- the. report Of tho Commission.
~ nseinnlteis would not have AN opportunity
"ienyer his oration to the galleries.
urv r. ocnulteis was once clerk In the Treas-
~ Depaitmcnt. He was made wandering
ts,amissi9ncr at the desire OF certain labor In
ieotti;A He spent much Of his time in Italy
nmth.ng into the methods o. immigration pro-
,. iihe only appreciable result Of Mr.. Schulz
Sna.s disclosures was the detention for five
iovadm sed at this port Every one was al
NOT SUING FOR DIDOECE