New-York tribune., 1903-04-06
FRAUD, ROBBERY, MURDER.
NhNF CRIMES LAID At THE DOOR OF SWINDLING
EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS
Adaf Prepared in Effort Take from Fraudulent Ship
ping Agencies.

a he M Trd5s S Is he
name. ~ -i - ito' ~ iii4A0 use u N''
Edward Hetherington, an Irishman who paid
81 to the same concern for passage to Europe.
IN another affidavit relates his experiences,
which were similar in nature He shipped
to Boston, after generous aunt had contributed
the necessary 81. There, he says, he learned
that the card given by Schwartz was not recog-
nized by the shipping people. and he strand
ed in Boston. and subsequently had to pawn his
watch to get back to New-York
HOW IT WORKS IN LONDON
The foregoing incidents illustrate cases Of this
nature this side Of the Atlantic. The follow
ing letter to the Legal Aid Society. written by F.
c. Van Duzer. secretary Of the American So
ciety in London. of which the American Ambas-
sador, the secretary of the American Embassy.
the American Consul General at London and the
military and naval attaches Of the embassy
constituted the general committee. indicates the
manner in which the alleged fraud works out
there:
1on5S4 S9 " " SoufhamRspR 60 FsbPpsp9 r R0S5 Is5s
r. c. Ringwalt, Esq., Legal Aid Society
am in receipt OF your letter OF the 18th Of Jan,
statement Of facts. You the information have
men who have ben n deceived sH It is ali heaPsay e1
dence- have had a great many men here who
York. but in many cases the men cannot remem-
Der the names Of the agents, as most of the men
The men claim to have paid these agents all the
part WIFE, = in 20 some me cases they have paid nothing
because they had no{hlng; out IN every r otfhere
has been q distinct and explicit promise OF their
ised quick favorable passages, good food. and
they We're told if they did not want their return
fares hack, they could get plenty of work on their
arrival here; that if they did not like the work work
c lack c3pa to- aec gf sEf but he f a6{ g hat they
were treated abominably coming over; they 6s Sntg
men being termed cattle stiffs." j.
power to help these poor unfortunate, illiterate
1t is crying shame to think that they men cit m
glad to see Sch7vartzs career an agent ended as
who make good living out of the credulity of our
poor fellow countrynen am my gear I77EP 81 aI'
Honorable Secretary
So great an abuse did the fake shipping
office business become that the Bureau of Ami
mai Industry 8 branch of the Department of
Agriculture, which supervses the shipment OF
cattle. finally issued number of regulations
governing the shipping of these cattle helpers
The rules provided that the helpers must speak
English, be informed of the duties they were
expected to perform. be able bodied, and If re-
turn passage was promised to them they should
receive il before acceptance of the employment
This worked we'll for a time, and the American
Society in London reported that the number that
appealed to it had diminished one-third Lat
terIy the shortness in supply has caused less
rigorous enforcement of this rule, as it would
mean holding up cattle ships for want OF
enough cattle helpers Last Saturday r. c.
Ringwalt, of the Legal Aid Society, together with
David Blaustein, superintendent of the Educa-
tional Alliance visited pier and inspected an
assortment of dock stiffs," they are de-
nominated on the waterfront. In the crowd they
hon,
who could not understand a word of English.
AS the law requires that the cattle helper shall
understand enough Of the English language to
comprehend the orders issued to him. DR.. Blau-
stein and Mr.. Ringwat insisted on the Off
GERS preventing the man from sailing. When
they asked for explanation Of the violation
of the regulation they were told;
Dock stifs is scarce these days.
Of the evils Of the present system, as worked
by the "bunco'' agents. DR.. Blaustein, who made
a study of the subject both on shipboard and on
the East Side. says:
shipped are East Side residents They have not
the physique TO carry them through the hardshtps
Of the passage. Eager to get back home, they go
to some agent, who takes their money and makes
without work Then they are hustled on hoard the
ship set to slaving by brutal cattlemen beaten
thentieated instance Of murder which the american
Consul is now investigating All sorts OF prom prom
is the system
r c. Ringwalt of the Legal Aid Society, who
is known to The Tribune readers through his
cooperation with this paper in fighting the
fake instalment business the East Side.
fight which resulted in the recent passage of a,
law which remedies that evil, gave the following
summary of the situation yesterday:
r am glad to see that The Tribune is taking up
tho em5ioVment agency fraud The Legal Aid
Society has been fighting this swindle for some %
time The story published yesterday accurately
describes one phase Of the evil The shipping
agency fraud is even more outrageous thing,
aT6 one we have been dealing with for the last
two or three years. To put the case briefly the
cornnIaints against intelligence offices nave be-
come SO numerous and have come from so many
5ifferent sources that the Legal Aid Society has
feen Intending to take up the question tor some
time We intend attempt TO have the license OF
{ { Schuar rtz revoked, well as those OF several
o2,1,er concerns doing similar business. Hundreds
of people are victimized by this orancn OF the
enonlovmenI business alone every month