The evening world., 1894-02-27
TO ARREST PADRONES
The Mayors Marshal, E~nglehard,
Promises to Take Action.
Banker Palumbo Now Preparing
the Affidavits.
Outrageous Treatment of Laborcr
Mt Pelham Manor.

IN. arrival rF four 1tlIlrn l1hor,ys from
Pelham Manor. IN charge vt nnuh,r Win.
COMO I'uluwhn, ]rtlsni sowe "Nrit"u., ut
~ Italian circles this morning. The mcu
v"rc victims OF the puironn4 -, aud had
been lur"l h"rr two months aro To- y T..
At the Manor. They locked TIE picture
ur hunger ana suffering. Ouc mau'a arm
had ho.n broken and N of them win br
ON the s,,h lat tor many days t. comc.
The stories they told of tho torture
endured while at work made many Of
H. 'lr hearers cry out IN rage against
the bosses. They r~cturncl just az they
had starred out. without u dollar. What
little trcy had earned had been kept
from them and it VAS only hv the
charity of lalumbo that they were able
I" H't back Two hundred others, It Is
claimed, are now at work In the same
place, enduring the snme suffering.
y man named Donald is the contractor.
ant tn" work is hCinE done for a firm
WA have an "uic" at Is WalI street. this
city. The latter, h1wcv,r. have II, knoNl
I lsr l.lt iIr I~siI,unr system 81, in u.rr,-
.l"n. hnndli'S riGht-n4ni man is name
lFl''i'flr"il. whu runs :hC '~hrnrding-
u ,u' AZ winch the mon must eat.
one week Ar" the men wrote to friends
u, ihlS city that they Were being robbed
p'i!icI To-. Tie Wrut" to tue contractor
and, In reply. received a letter stating
w. me men would br paid oil on Mon
gay, "" was invited ny to Pelham
Manor t. So" tn" men paid orr. und he
accepted He told the story of his visit
I" an 'I:voninA World" reporter this
morning.
1T vas the most awful sight I ever
witnessed" Ihlumho said. ''rhr SNOW
was a foot deep, and more than @r m"n,
SICK and hungry. were lying I'm the shHu-
ties. ON account Of the SNOW. work hnl
had crossed the lips 81 those men ali
day. Th"r" was not as much as II crust
81 broad m any Of the %shantics, nor Was
thor" amy fuel.
"Nou c'nnot imagine how the men
iuokou ! Shudd"r now ev"n to think OF
IT, Th"N swtrned around N" and
back. They sail they had been robbed
and strrve'i. They certainly looked tn,
after. several of them had been IN.
iurel Will" At work. and ~ physician
had been called t. yet the broken limbs.
When | asked the contractor II ho
proposed TO pay on the m-n an he agreed
nH said he could not, as his brotnnIs,
who had IN" money. were In the city.
! denounced him as a triCtstnr, but he
only Laughed and said he could do moth
ing. ! told him | would bring suit I'm
due, but Even that threat produced no
result.
wv hile coming away the men chung 10
me and legged to be taken back. only
had II few dollars with me. | Distribute,
that and took back the four most ser
ious cases. Tho men are here now and
you can sec them for yourself. Ouly
wish that some of the authorities here
could Sc" those 200 men In the shantiee.
If they would only spend Il few hours
in going Up TO Pelham Manor. the
padrOne would soOn be crushed
Mayors Marshal E~nglehard last even
ing requested ralumbo, through 9TH"
Evening WorId' to procure evidence
against the padrOnes for violating the
employment agency laws. Palumho read
lily agreed to furnish all the evidence
needed, md he is at work to-day go
curing anilaVits Of victims. As soon rs
a sufficient number have been secured
the Nar"hal viii obtain variants for
the arrest of the padronc.
,Palumho is also securing niidavits
showing the eNtprtiun pruCtis"l upon
Italians in the police courts ANA by tn.
police, This will be used in case the
Legislature decides to Investigate the
padrOn" system.
Commissioners Andrews has his fun
force of Loco men at work cleaning tho
streets to-day. Tonight he viii put on
$40 extra men employed through the
agency of the 81. Raphael Society.