The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-24
POLES LEAVE THEIR COLONY.
"A Party of Disappointed Immigrants
Return North.


About forty Poles shook the dust Of
Georgia from their feet yesterday and de-
parted for New York by the steamer City
Of Birmingham. From New York it is
their intention to go to Brazil for the
purpose of settling in that country. but in
their present impoverished condition it is
difficult to see how they expect to reach
Brazil unless they rely upon receiving as
sistance from their countrymen in New
York
The party arrived in Savannah from He
lena on the Southern railway, having
come to Jesup and thence via the Plant
system to Savannah. About three months
ago the party was induced by Missler &
Krimmert of New York to settle upon
lands owned by them in Dodge county.
A description Of the colony was pub
lished in the Morning News June T. Miss
Ter & Krimmert, bankers and immigra-
ton agents of New York and Bremen
own 10000 acres of land in Dodd county
secured by them from the Hilton-Dodge
Lumber Company. They We're DESTROYS of
settling this land with thrifty immigrants.
The Polish colony, consisting of thirteen
families, from Galicia, in South Austria
arrived in New York, with the intention
OF going TO Brazil. They were prevailed
upon by M!ssler & Krimmert TO come 70
The settlement is nine miles from Hell
ena, on the Southern railway, and IS call
ed Missler. The settlers were provided
with comfortable houses, and land was
sold them at s. an acre, they being al
lowed hVe years in which to pay for IT,
There was dissatisfaction, however, as
soon as the party arrived. The lands were
not as rich as the emigrants expected
They were accustomed 10 the heavy black
lands OF Galicia and were not satisfied
with the sandy loan of Georgia One
a IA ,ts,1rr s,1
returned 10 New York. where charges were
preferred TO the immigration authorities
against Missler & Krimmert, on the
grounds that the colony had been misrep-
resented by them
Immigrant Inspector David Robinson of
savannah was dispatched to the scene
by the immigration bureau. He made a
report that the charges were unfounded
that the land was a light loan, we'll suit
ed 10 fruit and truck growing, that water
OF country healthy.
The party had very little money left
after arriving in Savannah. +. l. Okar>
ma, fellow countryman, VAS applied to
Tor assistance and set to work to raise
money for their subsistence here, and to
nelp pay their way to New York With
the exception Of IS subscribed by Bisnop
Becker all the money secured was cen
tSlbCted by Mr.. Okarma and his fellow
Poles in Savannah, there being a small
colony Of Poles here.
The emigrants were subjects of the
emperor of Austria, having come from
Austrian-POland, and Mr.. Okarma applied
TO Mai. Edward Karow, Austrian r0nsui
al Savannah, thinking some assistance
might be secured through him firm tie
government which he represents. MAJ.
Karow had no fund on hand for such an
emergency, however, and was unable to
do anything for the unfortunate people
The party attracted general attention
at the Savannah, Florida and Western
depot and at the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's wharf. Their odd costumes and
uncouth appearance made them very no
ticeable. The group appeared to be two
thirds children, nearly every woman hav-
ing a baby in her arms, and there being
six to eight children in the families
There are still six families of Poles al
Missler, who will probably follow Their
fellows. So far as can be judged there
was no reason for the dissatisfaction a
the Poles, further than that the country
and the conditions were different from
those TO which they had been aecustom.
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