The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
ITALIANS IN BONDAGE.
lyrical STATE or SLzTERT Nv
HE Town or AVON, v. 7.
An Italian Colony of e1o Persons. All In
Charge of one Man, Who Controls Their
Labor and Appropriates Their Wages.

An Italian Colony of eSo Persons. All In
Charge of one Man. Who Controls Their
Labor and Appropriate Their Wages.
WASHINGTON. Dec. "a case has been
brought 20 !ight BY she immigration Officers
o. the Treasury Department which represents
aVi-tual state o! slavery In the little town OF
Avon. Lly.r gston county. y. Y. According 70
the statement made a, the Immigration Blu
reau this afternoon. there Is an Italian co.ony
In tina, village. consisting OF go persons. al! In
charge Of Sa yaiore Deloat!s. who controls their
a U5r and app-opr.aies their wages. The iirst
knowledge Ok This state OF affairs WAS obtained
through the immigration les pector at Cincin-
ns,i. Milton smiley.
4 few days aGD INSPECTOR SMILEY wrote .
letter. 20 the Treasury DEPARTMENT recitinz the
coz p,a!ni o. M..hse Santor. al Italian In
tha; city. The con! claimant came TO this
cnuutry severA! years ago an! vas ritura..z-d.
EAriy In the rres~n: year n wrote 10 his
tro:her-iu-laE. salvatore De.Oa;is q Avon. y.
!. saJins thN: he wished 20 have his vile and
son. then in Italy. com" TO the United states
a.! !o.n HIN 10 L.acil sati. H. asked De.
loa;sto purchase tickets and seEd them 10 his
wifi sud soa. promising u reimburse his
lTo:her-.n-.av within short time.
H. his preliminary report 70 tho Treasury
Iepar'ner. INSPECTOR SMILEY says he - IOubt-
ful whether the Government sholli interfere
Ia family dispute such as arose IN the
present case. but he believes the incident IA Of
sgch az outrageous character that The Depart
uent NAV well take coSnizancs o'i'. He says
that san;Ori repaid his brothsr..n-lAw. as he
promised 20 DO. hut that the wife AMI son wers
he'd In Avon by Dc!Oatis .or the evident pur-
pOss OF eItorting more money. Soon after the
Cincinnati Italian learned that his wife and son
were being detained. he complained 20 the
? Rev. o. Is. Caste.iini, the pastor o. an italian
| mission In that city. correspoat enca be-
! tween Ssu,ori and Deloatis followed and tn.
| n mister translated one o. Deioati-'S letters.
| which was hladci 20 Inspector Smiley aud
| forwarded 10 the Treasury Department. The
Avon Italian addressed his bro;her-ln.iaw as
my dearest horned one. and proceeded 10
abuse and threaten him Ia vile language. Il
| vii. show you. he wrote, who | am. horned
| one that you are" and declared that Mchael's
| wife should see the katie" before she should
! see him unless mora money should 10 forth.
] coming He said the So, he had received was
10, enough. and he demanded s3J more.
The reuort the immigration officers shows
| that DeloAti- had spent only S:1i In .eha.f OF
| IN" woman and Toy. ami that he had. more
! seven months. receiving the wages FOR thrl:
/ labor curing that TIM, aud giving them only
sGs' 1ssk a aso III SJ az wa i Ssr
some time r-acaei a .a,her ~ CINCINNATI. -
| whom h. toll |r-t"hei stpty OF wEOns and
! tie whole mater va referred 70 Imnigrdtipn
. Il: -nactor J y DeBa-ry o. buia'o FOR iuyc.,-
> CATION. \ par; oi NJ. b"BarrJ reTD't re-
| I'm the a., Il the unlawful detention Of
. Michael SantO:I'- VIE a. Avon. ~ salvatore
/ roceetel t. Avon on tn- l!'th last thk <
TSsaanmn @ aais Verg ,6i"rn sS 5n f re-
] ig--d "a give W tho won 70" gH,"s- b" got so.
/ Oa'anc" % cash a. ANGEL gyrlm r. : the u~n"';
/ Of Slutori. and h" lk-v.s" d.mHuG"t IayW"ur
7 lpr the board and tp!gtrc o. Mr. saE'"rl tor
hnithat h. mad h.m-"l' l.lh." . tho .aw Or
/ kecp,u2 the woman 90 -.u'"ry. an! Mat hts
I letters 20 SaDthT were l", bLl .F't'" ne,
, for which he would ~: two years lmpTi.,G-
al my second interview r7i;h h'a2, ou3 after
agpDi dea. 81 T"r-Ha'.@4, h4 a.nEni l.- %
| her 'NTs - Egf!aiJ. ] tcoIcn' h-r - l.'T.o
! sIi asked n" Sui-f|L' :. 'nEl ~. m" Ip.; 20
! j. rot nrnT%r "hhr." iMr 9f.r count. - II"
| would q axe u S.a'" p4u'rr 10 h"E. / tb"E'' 90
CTaBh.'t to iEslect"r NW.-y 20 La'- san, :.
srnt So to M fr- BIZ wis "AI Pes 20 NJ
| money would he s-r, t.-ll-.
'sautori cou.d ma" IA! ;"IrrS' IN the county
| There ar about ,'5o hE' !0''i ant seventy I'ai-
; IAN 10 the little tow o. Ahu', az tr.ra'l- "a
~ hart oithS q, h- e Z, sr "g' 'an 10:
, ar. hAv" rel.I"-'r.I TO-. cons 4l.e ,hrT- 10
not. y M. wh-a any new I'A'anS com" 'rom
Italy 70 Avon. al ma =" VIE T. r"0n~-L
/ IiAl!ans gU.rs - Avon, a. | lear this man
De ats may - imI"';tn2 Italians and hold
III" Con, s,ione- Of Ia'ra rratiog. sen, iu-
| sfTun,ions q The tnmmi-Sl"ner az New YORK
this afternoon. t:r-cl ic E!Hn 'oeNe-c-- sr-r Al
ro-r ami declaring their intention Of GoHH %
[ tn.nts In western New YORK STATE. IL IL prot
able tina; pe.oAts- vi. Se prosecuted.