Evening star., 1901-06-27
Complaint That Contract Labor Law
is Dead Letter.
ITALIAN CONSUL'S LIFE THREATENED
Lawn Tennis in Very FIourishing
Condition.
ISEASE AMONG HORSES

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, June 26 1901.
Labor organizations have been making
complaints to Washington that the con-
tract labor law is practically dead let
ter, and that hundreds of men are coming
into the country in this way who have no
right to enter 1t and should be deported.
Mr.. Fitchie, commissioner of immigration
at this port, says that there is no doubt
many such immigrants are coming in. but
that so far as the law being a dead letter
is concerned, the situation cannot be
blamed upon the immigration authorities
at the port.
Every man who has been deported," he
says. becomes a school teacher on the
other side for those who come after him.
They are coached just how to reply to the
questions asked and generally how to con-
duct themselves. When we suspect that
an immigrant has come in unlawfully, we
can send a man after him or notify the
authorities at the point to which he is go
Ing. When forty or fifty men go to one
little place we infer that the law Is
being broken. We had case like that in
Pennsylvania only the other day and sent
a man there to investigate. So far from
the authorities here considering the law a
dead one, efforts have been doubled
recently to look out for such immigrants"
Italian ConsuPs Life Threatened.
threat has been made against the
life of the Italian consul general, Giovanni
Branchi. The consul has received the fol-
lowing letter. over which he laughs, but
at the some time. feels slightly nervous:
ITO the Italian Consul:
Knowing the temper of the Paterson
comradeswe the English-speaking anarch-
lists of New York and vicinity, would
earnestly request you to desist from en-
ploying spies any further. We fear that If
persisted In this may lead to bloodshed,
THE COMMITTEE"
Anarchists from Paterson, Philadelphia,
Providence. Boston and this city are said
to have met at The home of an uptown
physician last week, and there decided to
write the letter. This was done to prevent
any further acts of violence until it was
known whether the Italian government
would cease to send spies among the
anarchists. There is an agreement between
the New York anarchists and the Pater-
son Reds that nothing violent will he
done until lapse of seven days, in whicn
time the italian consul is expected to make
up his I$nd in regard to his future action
IT Is said that the consul has been obtain
ing list of all anarchists in this country
irrespective of their nationality. 1t Is this
to which the anarchists object and the rea-
son they have made their threat. The an
archists say that if they catch any more
spies they will be treated worse than the
man they branded with a hot iron.
Lawn Tennis Tournament.
Sport and society will join hands next
upon the occasion of the invitation round
robin" lawn tennis tournament to be given
by the Crescent Athletic Club of Brook
lyn. on the grass courts of their country
house. at Owls Head. Bay Ridge The
tourney will begnn on Tuesday next, and
continue throughout the week. Only the
best DlayerS In the I'nitp1 States hay a
received invitations to compete for the
valuable prizes offered, with the result
that acceptances have been received from
such masters of the ball and racket w.
A Larned, Beals G. Wright, Richard Ste
vens. Leo f. Ware and Clarence Hobart,
and these men will surely compete. Lawn
tennis was never in a more fiOurishing con-
dition than at present and the series
ranged by this exclusive Brooklyn organ-
Zation promises to be splendid prelimi
nary to the international contests to be
held in Hoboken during the latter part of
the month, and the national events in New
port commencing August 13.
New Horse Disease.
Ten thousand horses in Manhattan have
succumbed within a week to a new ep-
demic, which so far has stumped the vet
erinaries. who admit that they have not
yet been able positively to determine the
cause and nature of the disease or sue
cessfully treat it. The trouble first be-
came apparent a week ago and since then
the outbreak has been general, affecting
the high-bred roadsters and coach horses
as well as the humber beasts of the
truckmen and peddlers. The disease, how
ever, is more prevalent among the heavy
draught horses in the downtown districts
than anywhere else. The symptoms are
high fever, a cough, loss of appetite and
general weakness, in many cases amount
ing to complete collapse in harness. Until
the epidemic has run its course and the
veterinarians have had an opportunity to
come to some definite conclusion they have
agreed in calling it "laryngeal Influenza,
accompanied by extreme weakness and
nervousness.
Visitor From south Africa.
Adolph Levy a resident of Johannesburg,
South Africa, who has just arrived here,
was in Johannesburg throughout the war.
II had no difficulty in getting about"
he says. My friends procured for me
pass from the Boer commandant. which
permitted me to travel about the city and
suburbs at all hours. When the British
arrived and took possession l managed to
secure similar cOurtesieS from them. The
city which before the war had a popula-
tion of 100000 whites and 100000 blacks,
now has less than 10000 whites outside Of
the troops. The whites remaining were
obliged to stay through poverty. Many
are starving and many are fed by the
authorities. Business is at a standstil
My personal affairs became so quiet 1 de-
cided to leave. l will return when business
improves"
Strike of Riding Masters.
A strike Of aristocratic riding masters
which has been In progress since last fall.
has been settled. At that time a certain
riding academy enforced new rule re-
stricting the wearing apparel of each Of
its riding masters to a black cutaway coat
and vest made of melton, with black but
tons, long blue trousers. black hat-top
derby hat and black leather or patent
leather boots Eight riding masters of
blue blood were affected by this dictum,
and as result of the new rule they re-
signed in a body. Perhaps they were a
little hasty in resigning for their success
sors have, either by consent or from lax