New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-12
CONFUSION Ar ELLIS ISLAND.
,rprr WITH TIE xEw IMMIGRATION LAWS

TRorDtr WITH TIE SEW IMMIGRATION LAWS
DIR. srNNER r. RECOMMEND CHANGES.
Tho sun wa, hot yesterday. and The t"mpcrS Of ih'
Ellis Island oGicals wcr" caloric. Their" "1' con
fusion without end over on the LITTLE island domain q
DR. scnner and when the daylight began 10 fad" Tie
~hnckamaXon hove IN sight %. the Battery. b'arins a
weary and d, grun'lcd crowd Of inspectors.
The now immigration law, went into effect y"-'"r-
dav when the sccracc passenger, 81 a." Whit" riar
steamer Majestic wcr" transferred io ID" ItlAlH.
Th,.., new law, were not enacted q" m1h" Hi" 'a-'
for Immigration -p"cio., and he steamship Gotta
pan.s. Tie machinery. when tried for 3D." hr-' ''""
Yesterday. CREASED aud eroau~l and almost hr"h"
down Ey.u when ~" bearing, o. Ills No." fau-!'d
machine. ar. worn smooth tac hu-u'-- 81 'oniuc'in-
a Aigl-cla-- Immigration department VII n"i h' 90"
easy tl,h. The new r eiiau"n, provide that lnhl
grant, hall DEE divided into group, u Ari' asa That
the name, Of each thirty J." entered ul"n manifest
Til. registration {. done In foreign port The
,ttam-hip companies must CIV" =" each immlsf"h'
ticket which shows thr group 90 which j." belong
and hi, number on tl- m4niics'. The steamship
conpanl,, are suppo-ci 20 las" differently 'o."r'1
ticket, for each group 81 Immigrant and th' tickets
must be- larso. 30 that u", may D." seen when s'n'-
In The haihlnd, Of the Immigrant.
The people WHO with 10 become Tie adopted
children OF rnc~ SAN must answer nineteen pi'.
ton, They must give name, age. -"N. color. o'cu.
patton ana numerous other Interesting detail, 81
thoir personal History. N" horir 81 immigrants
cam, down yesterday upon iAe -eda'" Bill Island
officials "A, The Nnndlls dd when il'y fo"h Rom"
ly storm and Interrupted the deliberations ~ 'h'
august Roman >.uarc. There We're 81 immisr1n,
10 b. examined H. accordance with he new r"suli
lions 10y the officials. II was II -. IN. Her"
was I'D room for sorting out the foreigner IA ID"
Big pavilion. they weg' un'dGp ON ~" pier.
The Inspectors expected 70 So" Tickets IN >ai'on'
crlor, bc:ning er,ri black letter, and placed in
haiband- and pinned OH shawl. They h'nr4
instead that each Immigrant lad "a little III 81 white
r,rr which had con II a number written With pom
or pencil ia Il microscopic hand From II =. m TO
4 D. N. The work Of classification went Oh. There
were little wads Of paper held ia the Immigrant
hands which had TO De- undonr 10 hnd thr numbers
they bore. there were Immigrants without trhc;s ana
Immigrants who would Mt stand IN enough 10 b"
counted. Then the bnbios began TO cry. the men
began 70 eei thirsty aud tho women became nnery
AID impatient nj the long delay.
Alter Avo hours o. hard worh the Inspector
~ -ored the immigra into opnI.nm"ut, Of ,hr'y
person, and marched the host into the biz pavilion
There the immigrant, were pa by groups INT" com
parlmcnt. and the work OF registration b'g.n. II
any immigrant answered the questions differently
fr IN the way In which he replied them Oh the
detention pen. There white haired old man
Learlng the ticket Which called for sixteen year old
boy, and big Hungarian expressed Wild a'tohl,h
mrni wnen the inspectors told him that he WAS
from County Cork There WIS man who did not
look a, thonfh he would know royal Hush from
u mnrlinc spike. yet when he left Liverpool he hld
go and when he landed In Ncw-fOrk there was 80
IN his waistcoat pocket.
IL wac well toward evening when the last passenger
turpiudc. had contagious disca," and was alto.
gciIcr respectable. Dr. s"nn"r, Commissioner Of
Immigration, said that h" would recommend that the
details Of the laws be modified AS soon aS
Dos Idle.