New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-17
TAMMANY ROBS TIE POOR.
STRENGTHENING FUNDS DIVERTED
TO ITALIAN "PADRONES."
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS soUANDERED WHICH
NIGHT GO FAR TOWARD RELIEVING
DISTRESS AMONG THE WORTHY
UNEMPLOYED.


ploying the city's aoorers. is growing apace.
Here * Is rcad!ls seen, is employment, Wnlch
might with a little care and fore;hougai b.
come a great charity turned into means Tor
filling the pockets OF greedy rascals, while
thousands of deserving men asking for chancc
to work are being driven from the doors OF the
various city departments
Andrews in his capacity f Commissioner OF
Street Cleaning needed at the beginning Of the
present week at least 1000 men TO remove the
heavy snowfall when began on Monday. How
did he secure these workers? DID ne schi 10
the various labor and charity organizations Of
the city. to the ministers Of ehurcheS' ana 20
charitable agencies and benevolent assoca-
tons. which have upon their books the names
of able bodied men ascending the tens Of
thousands in number and anxious for any sort
OF work? 4 majority OF these men have nun
CRY families starvI"g wives and chlldrcn VINO
look To them for support. a days work and
the 81 so it would have brought to each would
have been Godsend to nearly every one OF
them. But Andrews made no effort TO employ
workers Of this class. That would nave been
violation of the Tammany Hall regulanohS
governing the department which ne administers
in the name of Mr.. Croker
4 RICH THING FOR A TAMMANY "PADRoNE"
Andrews sent to man named Pasquale Cam
pagnini who keeps little Italian bank at No
651z Mulberry-s,.. and who has the reputation
among his countrymen Of being a man Of wealth
Carnpaenni belongs to Tammany Hall and is the
president Of the Italian Democratic Club OF his
Assembly district-the lid. He is a henchman
of Timothy DRY Dollar Sullivan through
whom it is said he geIs his pull Campasnm
Fl had been promised show at the last election
and TO him Andrews applied for men. lie want
ed l. 500 to shovel and sweep the snow, and he
agreed to pay Campagnini 81 30 day FOR each
man furnished. There was nothing IN me con.
tract TO protect the men hired. Inc 'paufoile'
as he is known in the Italian quarter had no
trouble getting plenty Of men, and he secured
them on his own terms. His version is that he
pays them 81 % each Of the 81 80 he receives
from Mr.. Andrews. but the wretched fellows IN
whom he barriers say that they get only ninety
cents and besides are obliged to patronize a
LIQUORS shop kept by one Manzelli, at No. 23O Null
berry-st where they must spend not less tnan
five cents each day IN beer Campagnn Is re-
ported to be a special partner IN MahZelA rum
Ii these poor Italians speak the truth, Cam
pagnini has been realizing over $500 day out or
his gang of swarthy slaves since work on the
snow began, on Tuesday. His gains are at the
rate of over s. 900 week. Other 'padrones
furnished lesser lots Of human material. and got
smaller but proportionate returns
WHAT II WOULD MEAN TO THE WORTHY POOR
Had Mr. Andrews given this work to the
men recommended by the charity ORGANIZATIONS
the churches the benevolent agencies and the
labor associations there might have been Sio'oo'
to sI4 900 at the end Of the week to distribute
among needy, destitute and suffering faniieS
whose fathers and brothers would gladlE nave
entered the ctys employment But had An
drews taken this course. what would theTe nav
been In 1t for Tammany Han? IL must moc ~ Ne
supposed that Campagninl ana the otheE ON
tractors able to retain the total sum -.
their fat gains in their own pockets. laIhlil"I!
Hall does NOT do business i'll that way. II H''Sn'
bs an interesting subject for the Senate IN
vestigating Committee to look into Inc com
mittee might be able to discover who the silent
mariners of these "padrones" are among the
Tamnany leaders and the officials OF the stree
Cleaning Department. men who are g,o s"i
tlyo
OF decent bur unfortunate people are IN want
of the necessaries of life. Such an investigation
II is universally felt ought 70 be made, so that
the real motives which lie al the bottom Of
Andrewss defiant and stony-hearted fnethous
in the face Of the most terrible CRISIS ever KNOW
in the city Of New-YOrk may be la!d pare
litter FAILURE or TIE DEPARTMENT
STRENGTHENING work came practically to
standstill yesterday. owing TO the Hee"i"b
weather Broadway or considerable parts Of it,
and some of the other thoroughfares were pretty
we'll cleared oil snow so far the roadbcd ana
the crossings were concerned, bu, the SIDE
streets were almost untouched, ana huge phes
of mixed snow and refuse were visible throusi-
ont the city. The same dilatOry. LAY ana a!li.-
less condition Of things, showing an utter absence
OF system, which has prevailed IN tAe S1cv'-
CLEANING Department eyer since II ieil mo
,rammany hands Observable in every iI''
OF the town. The methods employed 10 get the
collections removed TO the river front were Wholly
inadequate as they have inNali3D!y apPedteu
after a big anOWstOrm. Many ~ the carmen
made pretence even of taking the to'1oie -
carry their loads 10 the piers, but simply dumped
them in ada cent streets when they thought no
policeman was in sight. l, is said that many ot
the street-ceaning officials are accustomed to
wink at this trick for which they may receive
a compensation from the cart-oP'neTs
A THIN PRETENCE At LATE DAY
Al this late date, after the greater part q
the extra men needed for the removal Of the
snow have been engaged under the Italian
"padrone" system Commissioner Andrews has
written letter to Father Bandini, secretary or
the San Raphael Italian Benevolent Society, at
40 l13 Waverly Place. criticising 2 Published
interview Of Father Bandni, in which the taiher
saws that the Son Raphael Society would be
happy TO furnish good la5o!eIs' If the Connis-
sioner would .. kind enough to apply for them
when needed The Commissioner expresses nm
self as delighted with the offer. but asks II the
society can furnish as many men as are re-
ouired at a few hours notice. whether they
can furnish them with the necessary lnlie-
ments. as the contractors ana padroneS 40
whether the society will pay the men lmincdl-
ately and wait for the city TO pay lEeI ana
lastly whether they will supply the men under
the same conditions as me eoitr@crolo
Commissioner fails 10 ask Father Bandint
whether the society can give bona that II VIII
o. pay the laborers the full 81 80 a day but ne
''assumes" that the society VIII do So OhueT
the "padrone" system in his letter the Commits,
sioner acknowledges that the contractor is paid
n b0 for each man OF which he is supposed to
r,pay him 81 %. but he fails to mention any fur
Their leakages that occur before me pay ioE
a days work reaches the son OF Italy
ri THE 'BLurF' TO BE CALLED"
Tribune reporter called TO see Father Bandini
last night, at the mission house, No n3 Waverly
Place 10 ask what action he would take In re-
gard to Commissioner AAdrews's letter while
Father Bandini did not say SO IN so many words.
X was not hard for the reporter 10 in'er from
his priestly languag. that he thought the Com
missioner attempting bluff on poor
hand and 1t was likely that he would be called
by the San Raphael Society.
IL was surprised to receive Commissioner
Andrews letter." said Father Bandini but II
an earnest attempt IS made. am certain we can
break UP the iniqutous padrone system ana
offer TO the city departments better laborers and
be assured at the same time that all the money
paid by the city goes into their pockets. To-
morrow | will confer witt. friends and patrons o:
the society and ] feel certain that | can imme-