New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-24
MORE NEGRO EMIGRANTS.
OVER TWO HUNDRED OF THEM HERE NOW.
THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY NS'
CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY PUBLIC


MEETING TO BE CALLED.
New.York CITY now has q colOrcd proDiem VI i''
own to make things Interesting, and on SUNDAY IL "H'
rado sin mora complicated by the arrival OF more
Of the HELPLESS and ignorant colored pilgrims 'hi'
second lot consists Of thirty -four. who came all .ie
way from McCrory. Ark, VIA the ocean S'oai"'"'p
Company's vessel City Of Augusta. Tley are Nv"
1lnrtered In Jersey City. Like the lSo "o"iuDo
colonists from the Cherokee country, most Oh VIM"
are still lodged In the low basement OF STEPHEN NC,
tits Mission, they ignorant and ne'l'es' 10
children. and all they know Is that they want to go
TO Liberia Why they came, and who deuded thei
into coming here, are questions not easily W DC
answered. That they were not leu "
come by the American Colonization soc'eoS
was positively asserted yesterday by inc hoN' ~
Thomas c. Addison the rector Of Trinity Church Nv
Washington, who came hero yesterday win @esnS'u
Fends Of the same city, to look into the case Iney
are both members of the executive committee OF tho
society, Of which Bisho plotter Is president ihe'r
fellow members the executive committee are JUG.
Charles C.. Knott, the Rev. Dr. sunderland, pastor VI
the First Prcsby terrain Church; the Rev. Dr. hua"s
ton, professor in the Columbian University, "as"so
and j. OrmOnde Wilson.
Dr. Addison and Mr. Fcndall came to New-l Us
soon as they heard OF the arrival Of the negroes Dr.
Addison said that the first ntimation Of the case WHICH
they had received came through the newspapers, anu
that the society positively had not started the move
ment and was not responsible for 1t in any way AZ
soon rs they arrived here yesterday morning they went
to the Office Of Yates & Portcrled, No. 10 wlamst'
who own the only vessels, NE barhs Liberia ana
Monrovla which mako direct trips to Liberia. The
Office OF the Llberian Consul Is In the same place.
They were there by delegation from the colonists
II decided to forward tho colo1ists TO LDera
In preference to sending them back to where they came
from, or leaving them here. To send them, however,
the Of 10000 at least is necessary as not only
must the expenses Of passage and outfit be paid, but
each coons must he supported for at least six months
after arrival In Liberia. OF this sum, the American
Colonization Society. through its two representatives
yesterday pledged $1,000. and 1t IS proposed to raise
the balance BY asking for subscriptions at public
meeting TO be held here next week for he purpose.
The decision TO call this meeting Is about the only
thing definitely decided The absence OF the president
Of the society, Bishop Potter enbarrasses the other
members Of the executive committee somewhat.
II the money for sending the colonists to Liberia
can be obtained a steamer large sallingvessel will
probably be chartered take not only the two parties
now hero, but also those members Of large party
which came to New York some time ago, who still
care 10 90. That party also left here without
means and though they settle down, there arc still
many, II Is said. who want to go 10 Liberia. The
only communication with Liberia from Newiork Is
By steamer, via England. by the two barss men,
toned. One OF these, the Monrovia IS her
way here The other the Liberia. will sail from Here
for Liberia March 10, but she will have no room
for any OF the coonsts now here as she carries only
forty passengers and passage was engaged long ago
for party OF negroes from Morreown. Ark. who
to be sent out by the American Colonization
Society.
In the meantime the dark $50 are having dark
times. Stephen Merritt and hi, kind aid. Mrs. Rogers
doing all they for the poor people but they
are soely taxed to meet tho pressing demands. The
basement where the unfortunate negroes being
sheltered Is long and low without bit Of daylight OK
cep what comes through the cellar door Five gasets
shine on q congregation which looks IL II had
come out OF scene IN Uncle Tome CABIN
Almost every phase OF Southern negro life is
reproented. The young men all wear bright clothes
and white, broad-brlmucd sombreros and they look
extremely picturesque. Some ID them hneoOkinS
fellows, and they all stklDgly gentle and polite.
one old patriarch, with long white beard and viii Q
hair, who sat alongside OF old woman as white hnired
as he, said 10 the reporter, when he was asked
whether he still intended to 60 to Liberia:
"Lo Dress yov' honey, oh cOhse we'se gwine. How
gwine kyarn tell but gwine, sholy is.
We yaint come all the long trabbcl yerc for to go
back. No, no, gwinc for sho.' NO doan want
to say yere, foh ! think II we 30 out 'monS dose
wife folk We pore dbbles lose all We has Wen
ycre, n wife man changed us all 81 each -,
mind you. and said he'd glib us lhids for de night
| mover see no bald no. Lo' Dress you We Just
natchelly sU de nO all night, tweil we got cent
OUT
a great deal Of their baggage came Into tho Oase-
yesterday for the coloniss. 1t consisted mostly
OF boxes full OF brightly colored clothes. one huge
box however, which WIS so heavy That three men
could hardly handle II, broke open, and out rolled an
immense quantity Of beans, which an enterprslhg
coonst intended 10 plant IN Liberia some few OF
the negroes engaged by people TO work. but the
great majority are dependent altogether on stephen
Merritt and Mrs Rogers, and will have to remain
huddled up In that unvcntilated basement III Is e.
peclay hard for the poor little children hardly more
oh thnra In
something must be done for them at once is certain,
as they cannot possibly be kept crowded together
where they without grave danger The pcopo
In the ncighborhood. while sympahizng with the
poor outcas expressed surprise yesterday at the fact
that the Boari OF Health had not made al investiea
ton.
The Rev Dr. Addison, yesterday, when told that
some Of the people who from the Cherokee
strip said that last spring agent OF the society
camo to them and asked them to emgrat, said
lie was a fraud We don't find it necessary to. aud
would not ask them 20 emgratc for We now have al
incredible number of applications from tho negro
population from all parts Of the country. We have
had without exaggeration l,000OO0 letters and up
peals from blacks who wish to emlgnte 10 Litera.
Now, only send 100 year with the facilities
We now have rs the vessel which the Liberia,
Is bark Of only $40 tons, and has capacity ior no
more than forty people. She makes three trips a
year one In spring one IN summer ana one ,e a sS
"a 900 people altogether to LIBERIA and they are oil
doing we'll The kroomen the aboriginal dwcllers there,
are Also fast becoming civilized and beginning 10
M the soil. A good worker should no able - mike
himself independent inside OF live years. IA oohcs
grows well tcro, there Is trouble about food.
rs far anything that can be grown Is concerned. for
there are two crops year there. We support the
settlers for Six months aer arrival Yes. the climate
is bud for whto men, and not good for people Of mixed
Wood, but " is MI right for the negro and doesn't
affect him ut all.
The great attraction which Liberia holds ont how
ever for the colore people OF America Is that there
they are independent and not dominated by the white
man. we stand It ourselves said prominent
.luf t,lnE nf
our children beng forced to fight for foothod against
the strongest In the world, the Ang Saxon. for
IL Is conflict In which tho negro must LOSE"
A surprising bit OF neYs csme ont yesterday ~
soon as II was announced that mass meeting would