The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
FOREIGNERS BADLY TREATED AT ENSLy Attention Called to the Grave
 ImpoSitionS MANY SLAVS ARE LEAVING The Rev. Paul kllch Submits a Letter In Which He Cites Cases Which
 Are the Result of the
 System.
MANY SLAVS ARE LEAVING
August 9th, 1907.

To the Editor of The Age-H Herald:
 learned a short time ago from a source I regarded as reliable that foreign emil grants in and around Ensley were being treated with the grossest injustice by off, cials making fees, and hearing further that most excellent Catholic priest Father Klich, had been using his efforts to protect these helpless people, I wrote him note and asked him to please let me know what the facts were and in reply received a letter, a copy of which I in- close you.
 Father Klich is Pole, speaking several foreign languages, including English, and it is to be observed that the idiom is his native and not an English idlom, but send the letter copied just as it is writ ten, and it is hard to conceive a more cruel and unjust abuse of the law than is detailed in this letter.
 Every thinking man must realize that In it's competition against the rest of the world this district needs an influx of Intelligent white labor, but if the meth ods pursued by the officials in regard to these foreigners is to continue, naturally they will not come here simply to be
 
 officers to grind the face of the poor and make fees we practically erect a Chinese wall against all emigration to this dis trict. The labor question: already stren- uous, is becoming more and more so ev- cry year, and one of the chief causes of 1t, is is perfectly manifest, Is the fee sys- tenn.
 The enforcement of the vagrant law may yield the sherlf's office $25,Oo0 or SS0000 a year, but in the end this district will pay the penalty of it in the emigra- ton of labor seeking a place where they can live and enjoy at least a moderate amount of liberty. I hear of cases every day where the grossest wrong and in- justice is done under the color of this statute, and it is necessarily bound to get worse, and especially so as Governor Conner has given his approving smile to the fee system. ALEX T. LONDON. MT. Alexander T. London, Counsellor-at- Law Birmin gham. Ala.
 Dear sir:-In reply to your kind letter of July 3O I herewith will relate you some facts regarding the question mentioned in it. Behold It was Sunday, July 14th, when l have come back from Mobile, where 1 had been attending the retreat of the clergy of the diocese, some of the Polish people CMr. Ortowski Mrs. Ortow- ska, his wife, and MT. Wactaw Kamien- skip came to me and narrated me the fol- lowing fact: On Friday, July 9th, Mir ". Kamiensk on his way from the office of No. mines to his home. met the tax col lector and one policeman on a wagon. This gentleman seeing him, jumped straight down, caught him and wanted to carry him on the wagon to Ensley. As MT. Kamiensk could not understand what they wanted from him, so this gen tlemen went with him to Mrs. Giowacka well English-speaking lady. that she may explain him what he has to do, namely, pay ten dollars road tax, though the regular street tax is only $3 Be- cause Mir Kamienski has not have any money about him, he asked those gentle men to let him go to Mrs. Ortowska (right the next house), with whom he is board ing, and from whom he will borrow somo money. They conceded and followed him to the house. Mrs. OrtowSka having no change, gave to MT. Kamienski $20 bill which he handed to the tax collector asking the change of it (S4 back. But the tax collector, with the policeman, said: We shall bring you the $4 and the ltcelpl oI the 4lb lQmOrfOW-Dut they let not show themselves at all. So Mir Or towska went in the evening with MT. Or get (who knows some English) to a sa- loon keeper at Wylam, wherefrom they telephoned to MT James Brady, judge of peace, having his office at Ensey asking him if this two gentlemen will bring to- day still the change with the receipt. He answered that he himself will come at o'clock to the saloon, what he really did Afterwards he went to No. mines to tell Mrs Ortowska and MT. Kamnesk that they should come Monday at the court (EnsleD where they will return the money ($4. As Mrs. Ortowska and MT. Kamineski, with MT. Orzet came to the judge (Mr J. Brady), he telephoned for this policeman and tax collector but could not get them. So he asked Mrs. Or towska if he might let arrest them. She answered through the interpreter, Mir Orzet How you like to do? You may or you may not" So MT Brady gave a war rant for this policeman and told to this people to come the next day CTuesday) again to him, but Mrs. Ortowska replied that she cannot come every day to Ems ley as she has little children and has to attend to her duties toward her husband and her boardingmen. Then MT. Brady promised to bring the money himself in the evening to her home.
 After that Mrs Ortowska went with Mir Orzel home and MT. Kamenuski remained with another gentleman still In toWn Co., ing then home he met, near the steel plants again one of this mentioned po- picemen on wagon, who seeing him. jumped straight down, caught him, put him on the wagon and carried him through the construction shop at the steel plants, to MT. Sem Evans, a Slavsh fore man, whom he asked to tell MT. Kamien- ski that if he (Mr KamienskD will come tomorrow at the court he will now let him go; if not he will put him in jail ''Why should I not come" replied Mir Kamienski, "T have committed no crime nor have I killed anybody neither have stolen anything" MT. Evans. the fore man, asked therefrom the policeman for what he had arrested MT. Kamenski? "He entered in the house of a woman (AIrs. Ortowska), committed there with her an immoral crime, for which I ar- rested him, but this woman ransomed him with twenty dollars" the answer After that the policeman let Mir. Kamien- ski free and went his way to Ensey Here he learned that he and the tax collector were ordered to be arrested, and that made both wild
 They went in the afternoon on the wagon to No. mines going directly to Mrs. Ortow ska's house. There they called Mrs. Glowacker. as interpreter, but she was not at home and so they told Mrs Ortowska she may come to- morrow (Tuesday) at the court for the four dollars. if she will not come, she will no more right to claim for them.