New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-16
ARMED CONSTABLES WANTED
DR. sENNER FEARS SERIOUS TROUBLE AT
ELLIS ISLAND.
SMALL RIOTS AMONG THE DETAINED IMMl
en- ANTS or WHOM THERE Is AN UNUSUAL

SMALL RIOTS AMONG THE DETAINED IMMr.
GRANTS. OF WHOM THERE is AN UNUSUAL
NUMBER-cAusEs OF THE INFLUX.
Small riots that threaten to develop into
trouble Of a more serious nature are occurring
daily among the Italian immigrants on Ellis ISL
and and the officials have become so apprehen-
sive that DIR. Senner yesterday telegraphed 10
the Treasury Department at Washington asking
permission to swear In a number OF speciai con-
vtables to be used in keeping in suo)ecton inc
unruly Italians. The Tribune has already toio
of the arrival Of thousands Of Italians pennies
and dirty for the most part, from the Meui'er-
ranean ports. and they are continuing 10 pour
in daily. On Sunday the steamship boi''"
brought into this port 1876 of these people from
Naples, and the Alesia followed with over looV'
The Vera yesterday brought in 1855, and the
steamships Victoria and Belgravia are now on
the way here with an aggregate Of 2,s2o more.
The Board Of Special Inquiry have been siltihs
datly and have been rgidly investigating DOUBT
ful cases Through their efforts II has been oe-
cided to deport 531 immigrants who arrived mere
on the Bolivia and the Alesia. The best OF 'he
others were only poor lot. ana those VINO were
to be sent back had nothing to recommend the"''
The accommodations on Ellis Island nave peen
unequal to the calls upon them for some ufhe' anu
such an unusually large number OF oe'aineo
Immigrants caused trouble at once. A temporal!
detention pen was fitted up. and the oSl were
placed In II. There have been mutterlngs among
them for some :ime but no especial attentio"
was paid to them until yesterday afternoon
when the officials decided that they must take
prompt action or there would be serious trouble
ahead The people in the pen were restless
throughout the morning. and about O'Clock In
the afternoon crowd Of them made rush Tor
the fence which inclosed them and began tearing
off the pickets The guards succeeded in beating
them back after considerable trouble. and the
opportune arrival of attendants with the de-
tained peoples dinner temporarily suspended
hostilites The immigrants could hardly nave
ESCAPED from the Island even had they succeeded
in getting out of the pen. but there ls no telihs
What a mob OF Ignorant and eXcitabe Italians.
who knew they were to be returned nome II
they did not escape. would do under the crcum-
stances Extra precautions against ano'her
outbreak were taken by the authorities ana
Commissioner Senner Immediately telegraphed
TO Washington the particulars OF the anair ana
requested permission to employ armed constapies
ON the Island while the present congestion con-
tinues. , -. ,. ma
ment as the detained 53l are desperatel! ANXIOUS
to land and would do almost anything 10 escape
being deported According to the off1cias on tne
island. the friends OF the Immigrants VINO colie
from New-York to See them are putting BAD IDEAS
in their head. and it is seed thrown in productive
ground None Of the attendants on the island
are armed-that Is, officially anyway-and that
causes good deal Of the apprehension and de-
sire for armed constables. Those who are to
be deported will have to be kept on Ellis lslano
until the vessels which brought them are reaoy
TO sail, when they will be sent back at the own
ers expense.
DR. Senner believes that the deportation OF sew
eral hundred immigrants, who have already been
debarred and sent back, will have deterrent
effect on thousands of undesirable Italian immi-
grants who are now awaiting transportation 70
this country As has already been told In The
Tribune nearly $4,000 Italians have already ar.
rived in this port this spring and nearly is,OoO
more are in Southern Italian ports awaiting
transportation. 1t IL thought that the bill re-
curing an educational test. which Is now pending
in Congress- is partly the cause of the rush.
Another reason for the sudden influx is the
financial and political condition OF Italy. and the
fear of CONSUMPTION, which the Abyssinian war
has caused It is probable that the number OF
those to be deported will be swelled by immi-
grants from the vessels which have arrived in the
last two days. The situation is the most serious
that Dr. Senner and his assistants have yet had
to face