The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-15
MARCH HASTOBOW TOTHE LAW
PORT WARDEN DECIDES TO GET
4 LABOR BUREAU LICENSE,

Although at First He's said 10 Have De
clared That He'd Have Odeil Repeal
the LAN-PArt OF His Business Is
Supplying italian Labor 70 the Erie.
Il won't get any license. I'll have the
damned law repealed anyway, ana quick
at that. Odell will do that for me. l
deliver all the Republican Italian votes in
this city, and you can go to he'll. You
won't hold your Job long, either"
Thus, according to +. l.. {. Keating Com
missioner Of Licenses, spoke james E.
March, Port Warden and Republican leader
Of the Sixth Assembly district, March be-
ing then much wroth because Heating had
told him that he must take outan employ
ment agency license or go out OF the EN-,
ployment agency business 1t was several
days ago that March Is said by Heating to
have used the language above quoted.
Yesterday, on complaint OF heating
March was arrested and arraigned In the
Tombs police court before Magistrate Cor
nell Commissioner Kea ting had been at
work with Italian detectives.
Modesto MaccaTsi was one OF the de-
teCtiyes. Macolrsi made affidavit that on
March 20 he bad got employment with the
Erie Railroad through March and had paid
50 as fee in the transaction. A rec lPt for
this 81 was produced by Commissioner
Heating in evidence.
The Port Warden was no longer defiant in
court and no longer brandished the name OF
Odell as a club. He was gentle and depre-
catory. He had had no intention Of violating
the law, he said. He. had indeed made aP-
plication TO Commissioner Ke ating for Ii
cense but had received no reply TO his
communication on this subject. He eX-
pressed his entire willingness, nay, his
eagerness, 10 take out license and TO take
ii out at once IL thereby he could bring
about peace with the law.
In view Of this attitude Commissioner
Healing consented not 10 press the charge,
and March was discharged from custody,
This labor supplying business. said the
Port Warden when all was over, is but
small part Of my Affairs. II Is a matter
Of indifference to me whether give IL up
OF not.
March said Commissioner Heating
later in the day, lis the king pin Of ring OF
Italian padrones who are violating the
employment agency laws We determined
70 get after them and we made up our
minds that it was no use TO go for the little
fellows and let the big ones escape. l
sent for March several days ago and told
him he must take out license. IL was
then he said the things 20 me / have just
told you-told me to 90 TO hell and 80 on,
and that he'd have Odell repeal the law
and what not. So / sent detectives after
him and got him.
He is contractor to supply contract
labor for the Erie Railroad. Such con-
tractors purport 10 make their money
solely by running the boarding house shacks
where Italian laborers are lodged and fed
when they are at work on a job. They
pretend that they get nothing else out Of
their business. But that is not true. They
get fees as well-t2 per head from every
man for whom they get a job. That
brings them in direct conflict with the
employment agency laws By taking
out a license and conforming to those
laws those profits would be reduced by
fully rs per cent