The evening world., 1894-07-18
MANY LEFT BEHIND.
Storage Passengers for Europe
Were Kicking on the Piers.
More Tickets Sold Than There Was
Room for Passengers.
Cut in Prices Caused tho Rush and
the Trouble.

II the steerage cut-rate war continues
outgoing ocean steamships will be COM
PEELED to have extensions added to them,
or to jettison several hundred tons of
ballast and stow away that class of
passengers down In the bilges.
1t Is not often-in fact, 1t has never
before happened-that a passage TO Brit
ish and Continental cities could be Sc
cured for $40, which Is the present quo
tation. and which. as an agent In
formed an Evening World" reporter
this morning. is likely to be attn fur
Their reduced. unless an adgreement is
soon reached by the rival lines
The scenes on the docks Of the steam
ship lines whose ships sailed to-day
were tumultuous to an extreme, and
such "A clamor for satisfaction OF any
sort was never before experienced by
the clerks whose duty It Is to handle the
steerage tickets.
The whole trouble was that each YES
sells accommodations were oversold, and
could possibly be carried in the ordinary
quarters.
AT the White Star dock the trouble
started STA, e, las. nignt, Wneh passengers be
berths on the Germanic. which sailed
early this morning. Fortunately. the
Ge Isaanss steerase is simple for $50
tickets did not present so great a prob
lem az on some other lines.
The matter was adjusted to nearly
every ones satisfaction by taking 6y7
aboard and transferring nearly nifty
more to the Columbia. OF the Hamburg
American line. which is to sail at
o'clock tomorrow morning. few
next Wednesday. the White Stars next
sailing day.
On the American line pier, however,
there was far more serious trouble, and
The Paris. which sailed at IL O'Clock
this morning, has steerage accommoda-
tons for about 500. Being n fast ship;
prospective voyagers had purchased
tickets with the avidty of applicants for
free land grants.
As one young Irishman said to an
Evening World'' reporter:
Sure, It's cheaper than staying home
and 4 can go across and see the old
folks. while ! am waiting for Job
that's promised me, for .ess money than
Inside the office on the pier was Agent
Lederer and corps of assistants fenced
IN by wire grating, which separated
them from a bowling, jostling crowd Of
steerage ticket holders. shrieking loudly
for passage or return Of their money.
In the throng were natives or nearly
every country In Europe. all jabhering
wildly and adding TO the din with a per,
feet Babel Of mixed languages. French
families were hudilcd together on the
seats alongside OF Firms, Germans. Ital-
ians, Irish and Dutch, while patcrfami-
las by the score were crowding around
the excited clerks and demanding pas
sage on the Paris.
| Added to this was the baggage OF the
crowd. clothing. tin pans. bedding and
all. heaped upon the floor and guarded
by the flock that waited open-mouthed
strusslers should emerge, angry, per.
spring and torn from the josting hurly.
burly at the long counter.
One excited Irishman would not be
| paclfed by the assurances OF an at
tendant that everything would be all
right"
on that ship and no Dutch ship, dye
inoind. If a man buys a house and lot
ye can't expect him to take a COW for
! his money"
This was the universal sentiment of
the mass, ard nearly drove the agents to
distraction for lack Of an argument to
offer. One Italian kicked so persist
tractedly. that his money was refunded
TO get rid of him.
Each of the tickets offered called for
on the PA psr and e had to TO
stamped with the cd. X" mark OF tie
Company. Hours before the Parts
sailed her, accommodations ware more
| than filled, and she finally l"f: IL, II
O'Clock. carrying $50 in her ste ,rage.
She left over $50 on the dock. to be
solaced by the transfer of their tickets
TO the Columbia. with Instructions to get
aboard cary tonight II berths were
expected.
by this time, passengers for the
Noordland. OF the Red Star line, which
docks ut the same pier. began to arrive.
and fearful lest their experience should
be that of the others, took up the din
where IL had been left off.
They were pacined as well as could be
done by the assurance that there was
plenty of time for them as the Noord-
land was not to sail until p. NJ. They
received this information with slances
OF half satisfaction and sat down, eager
and expectant, watching the hands OF
! the big clock as they moved slowly
/ around the dial, and wondering where
| they would finally bring up II the Noord-
| land, too, should be crowded.
! In the mean time the clerks were wres-
| Ting with the Infatuated holders OF Paris
! tickets, offering to such passengers a.
! were bound for Continental ports pas.
sage to Antwerp by the Nooriand and