The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-23
ONE Line BACKSD0WN
Backbone Of the Steamship Com
panies' Strike" Broken.
Couldn't Bluff the United States
Government.
VIII Pay for the Feeding of Re-
jected Immigrants.

The North German Lloyd, which has
been regarded as the leauer of the nine
combined steamship lines in the strike
against the United States Government
in regard to the housing and feeding of
immigrants, held pending examination
into their eligibility to land, threw up
the sponge to-day, and 1t is expected that
the rest will follow.
1t has long been the custom OF the
Government to impose upon the steam
ship companies a share of the risk of
bringing over undesirable immigrants.
The steerage Is cleared of it's passengers
not citizens of the United States, at
Ellis Island, and the parry, usually sew
erai hundred in number. examined there.
Those whom from sanitary, moral or
social reasons were ueparred from ad-
mIttance, were detained at the island
ana shipped back at the importing ves-
sci s cost.
detained on the island, the re-
Jected immigrants We're fed, and the
Dlii later Connected from the Company.
rms system eilciteu no complaint until
last April, wnen one of the steamship
companies suddenly reDelled and melted
eight others to JON II IN an attempt to
overthrow the rule. The nine resist ing
Lloyd, Cunard, White Star. Netherlands
American. Phelps Bros, Funk, Euye
Co., anchor line, French line and
The American, Hamburg-American
and Red Star refused to take part in
the strike"
The efforts of the combination to get
redress at Washington ieii through. but
the purpose was not abandoned, and last
Friday Commissioner Senuer was served
with notification from the strikers
~ lto L.
complied with. He teegraphed to
Washington and received immediate in
structions to examine immigrants on
board the vessels. and to compel the
immigrants on board their steamships
and return them from to the place
from which they sailed. This meant
great Inconvenience to the companies
put to.
In order to carry out these instructions
Commissioner senner organized two
boarding squads, consisting each of a
chief inspector, three registry clerks.
three gatemen. four inspectors, one
boarding officer. one matron and one
physician.
The steamship people said that the
new arrangement would delay their
ship, increase expenses directly, and
through costly encumbrances increase
their risks and responsibilities. After
the inspectors order the detention of an
immigrant. he or she Is left aboard for
the snip to guard and keep. and under
| danger of 500 fine If that individual gets
ashore.
The squads were on hand this morn
| ing, and the first business came with
the arrival of the Edam, which doe ed
| at about s o'clock al her Hoboken pier.
| She had only sixty immigrants in her
steerage, but these had to go through
the long and tedious formality ON the
decks.
The, North German Lloyd has two
| big shiploads due. on the Neckar and
the Aller, and, after briefly considering
the cost of hindrance and delay, the
| Company surrendered.
Mr.. Springer was posted off to tell the
| Commissioner that the old rules were
welcome enough. and that he might
days ships at Ellis Island.
After Agent Springer went out the
Commissioner said to an Evening
World reporter:
"The backbone of the combination is
broken. don't say that the North Ger
| man-Iloyd was the leader, but its name
headed the signatures to the protest
tenn Is too much for them. and the North
| German Lloyd apparently wants to es-
cape without one experiment.
The first anxiety of landing cap
and freight as quickly as possible, so as
TO begin TO take on for the return voy-
age, on which he starts in four or five
days. days. THIS is is ,Ga tremendous job and
| The new rule would leave on board al
| rejected immigrants and their baggage
| which with their care would be an In.
| toerable nuisance.
| Some OF the companies are in debt for
| the feeding at Ellis Island of detained
| immigrants. but this debt would not az.
| gregate more than 5000 or $1,000. Al
companies paying arrears and signify
ing compliance to the old system will be
at once relieved from the operations OF
| the new rule"
A pretty fight remains on the hands OF
| tie other eight companies II they stick
| to their oDpositiOn,