Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
SHIPPING MEN INDIGNANT.

They DO Not Like the Enforce ment Of the
Presidents Twenty Days Quarantine Order.
There Is indignation among shipping men in
New York ut the detention Of incoming steam
ships under the quarantine proclamation OF the
President OF September I, the reason for which,
they say, has ceased to exist. This proc!ama-
ton, while the cholera scare was at Its height.
was construed to relate to only such ships as
came from infected ports or carried steerage
passengers. But since November last an in
depreciation has been placed upon the proc
lamation which has the effect of OBTAINING all
vessels. even though they carry only first cabin
passengers. if any one of these passengers is an
alien visiting America for the first time The
White Star line Britannia WAS accordingly held
last saturday for six hours, when she
leased on a dispatch from The Treasury Depart
ment in Washington the ground that evil
dence had been furnished that the passengers
Of the Britannia had been booked for Sep
TENDER !. the date of issue of the proclamation.
This, it was said at the White Star Office today
was the reason given in dispatch signed by
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury Nettleton.
Would you show me the evidence that those
passengers were booked before September II"
the reporter asked.
''Well. was the replv I'VE have not nor can
we produce any, nor had we assigned or urged
any such reason to the government for the
lease of our vessel
Then the reason given by the government ia
unfounded?"
Well, we are foreign corporation; we should
not Ike 70 crltlcise the action of the United
States government
Special Deputy Collector Couch who is next
in authority to Collector Hendricks, said: 1.-THE
whole trouble arose out of the North German
Lloyd Company, which am told brought over
II lot OF storage passengers booked ostensibly
as second cabin passengers.
This happened on the Stuttgart. which
arrived on October % last. and after landing
sixty OF these passengers III New York pro-
ceeded Oh her way to Baltimore where she
landed ninety-iour more"
Agent Schwab Of the North German LLOYD
line was very angry when told what Mr.. Couch
had said and retorted: such u charge from
whatever source ii came is an infamous lie
This company does not do business in that
way. 1t is too old and reliable to stake its rep-
utation at this late day upon such wretched
jugglerv.
Anyway" added Mr. Schwab. these de-
tentious are an outrage and direct violation of
the law"
At this point Mr. Schwab produced pam
phlet containing IAN act to regulate the car
risge of passengers by sea-" which was passed
August II, 1882, and which, according TO 3lr.
Schwab. has not since been repealed
One clause defines immigrants to be 'passen-
gers other thin cabin passengers"
Asked whether they would be detained. Chief
Clerk and Acting Deputy Collector Dunn lied:
They will in all likelihood be detained if it
l. found that they carry immigrants they are
now defined by the Treasury department
'Will II be sufficient TO detain !. vessel If she
is found TO carry only one alien?"
1T will. rs Acting Secretary Sraulding has i'll
structed the revenue officials to enforce the law
strictly to the letter.
Al the Office of the Hamburg American Packet
tOmpany. whose vessel the Suyjns y-aa nj
tanned last Saturday. Agent Boas was confident
tina: she would be passed today.
''Ihers are no steeragc passengers on board,
and think there are none who come under the
designation of Aliens"
At the White Stars Office it is said that the
Majestic, which is due Wednesday, wou,d be
passed without trouble, as The company has
made some sort Of arrangem, nj with the gov
eminent to that effect. What the arrangements
are the officers and agents refused to say