New-York tribune., 1905-02-05
AGENCY CRIMES IN FULL BLAST
EMPLOfMENT PROCURERS RESUME HIDEOUS PRAC
TICES-GIRL CAPTIVE ON TUG
Gard ShGpers Employed in Saloons Fleece Immigrants Seeking
Work-Laso Widely Violated

A large number of guileless immigrants have
heen systematically robbed and crimes hare
A.s, committed against innocent Immigrant
rirls BY fraudulent employment agencies in this
citv. This has been learned after careful inves-
,ieation by a Tribune reporter.
Notwithstanding the careful watch kept on
.hs runners for these vile snares by the off,
,isls al Ellis Island and the many Immigrant
rstef societies Of the city. outrages have been
rrsctlsed on unsuspecting immigrants by
s,oundrels employed by the many illegal en-
riovnent agencies. Some Of the outrages are
Generated boldly. and in other instances the
work is carefully planned and results are ac-
,oorlshed after crafty maneuvring.
rmplovnent agencies for immigrants are not
confined 20 the East Side. They are scattered
al over the city but fraudulent ones flourish
.s7eciaIIy near the Battery and in that part OF
the East Side bordering on the Bowery from
Cooper Union down 10 Grand-st.
rRA7-Ds IN SPITE OF THE NEW LAW.
The act providing for the regulation of en-
r;oyrnent agencies in cities of the first and sec
md c1ass. where fees are charged for procur-
ing ernplovment or situations. was passed in
.7-r 1909 soon after the enactment Com
missioner OF Licenses vas appointed. 10 en-
force the law and revoke licenses when viola
-,oin+rae7t Of :. commissioner wilful violations
7i4b intent 70 defraud have prevailed.
-r7,a ro,est employment agents OF this city,
-roxs business is materially affected by the
PRACTICES of disreputable agents. have FORMED
an organization known. as the Employment
AGENCIES Protective Association, for the pur-
nose Of enforcing q full compliance With the law.
In SIS constitution the members agree TO furnish
sppljcants for help employees possessing the aph-
itv that the wages TO be paid them warrant u
r,rotect honest and trustworthy applicants ior
- aroplovlnsnt and TO prevent them from getting
,,,1,oral 1ositiong and from coming in contact
With immoral persons; TO keep a record OF all
immoral applicants for help. and not 10 furnish
ar,nloves 10 such applicants: TO investigate the
general trustworthiness of all employment
agents and ascertain whether their business is
conducted on an honorable basis; TO discour-
age unworthy competition among employment
agents: and to cooperate with trustworthy en-
nlovment agents and restrain dishonorable ones
from continuing in business.
The association employs Eugene l. Gottheb or
30 40 Nassau-st., 90 press complaints perore
the Commissioner OF Licenses
An instance OF q violation or Section - Shap-
ser 4s2. OF the Laws of 1904, was found by a
Tribune reporter -who. in company With an
agent of the Employment Agencies Protective
Association investigated series of violations.
This section provides that no employment agent
shall carry on the business OF agent without
license
TdIs AGENT A PROCURBR-
The case In question was that OF Suzzana
Dubinak an Immigrant girl from Hungary
seventeen years and unusually good looking She
was released from Ellis Island recently and
Tent 10 the Hungarian Relief Society After re-
naming short time with II she ETent' against
The wishes Of the society, TO the home OF re-
spectable Hungarian woman living at No. "a
Greenwich-st This woman she had known IN
Hungary. The woman worked during the day
and left the immigrant girl alone in the house
A disreputable agent who lived in nearby
house. under the promise that he could take her
e q respectable family at q salary OF so
ninth. induced the girl to go with him. He
eonducted her to a tugboat, and, introducing her
70 the captain, for whom he had procured her
forced her 10 go on the boat. Notwithstanding