New-York tribune., 1909-07-23
DASH BABIES TO PIER
GYPSIES' LAST ST1ND.
Fight Bitterly Supposed Deporfa-
fion to the Old World.

gwenty-four Russian and Rumanian gypsies'
men. women and children, all brilliantly arraEed
II native red and yellow costumes, fought score
of immigration inspectors and lonEshorefnen yes
terday afternocn to save themselves from depor-
tation For twenty minutes they created the Wild
est disorder on tre Fast River pier. No : near
the Fulton Fcrcy Brooklyn Insane with the fear
o. being taken hack TO the Old World. the men
and uomen behaved like cornered animals. biting.
kicking and scratcl-ng-
The babies in the party suffered most Their
norhers as Though revertins 70 savaEery, punched
even tle smallest with closed fists, and in sorne
instances lifted the little Cu,s high over their
heads and dashed them the wooden flooring.
One vosng vornsn. who scarlet tIrhan.
caught her chile. than three or four
months old, 10y the ankle and dashed its head in
the face Of INSPECTOR. A gEpsy fortune teer's
i3cantaton pot was used effectively on the officers
heads by the fortune teller herself
When the mad crowd was finally subdued sev-
eual q the children were seriously hurt that
they may die the ship that viii take them all
LARK 70 Hsienos Avres \ woman had her teeth
smashed in and young girls nose and jaw We're
broken, The me, in the gypsy hand were not
seriously hurt. bur several Of the inspectors and
longshoremen suffered bad cuts and bruises
There we're six men. eight women and ten chill
dren in tie party. They have been al through
South America. going from settlement To settle
ment and city city The purses grew bigger
the longer the toar continued. for their nomad
oxisfenoe and curious customs appeaied 50 much
70 Ile Spanish Americans that at every hacienda
there a welcome
The fat Of the land was heaped on them until
when ArSentina had been trayersed and Buenos
Ayfes reached there was much silver in every
mans beit and much jcwelry adcrning the ears
and wrists Of the syfunen. They decided To i've in
the United States and set sail the Ianporr *
Hot liner Tennyson from the Argentine capital
when Ellis Island was reached there was smile
every syrarthy- couuteucu-e. and they threw
trunks ever shoulders and hustled 70 the landing
The EyF:ses were detained II the island several
DAYS. pending COMMISSIONS Williamss decision
o-dering their deportation L. South America TIL
smiles turned TO frovns ard black looks as the
weary DAYS passed by. and The storm broke yes
terday after they had been bundled in the tugboat
Tohn II Simmons. e. he taken 80 the Lamport
Hct docks in Brooklyn Tor their return to Ar
gentina-
Wild excitement started among the gypsles as
the rumoi spread from To man that they We're
going back not Ia Argentina, but 70 Russia There
was no extensive fighting. however, until the tug
boat hove alongside the steamship and the gang
pldnks were let out.
TIE fight from the deck Il the tugboat TO the
pier ana thence the steamship was watched by
nearly hundred passengers one or TWO women
among them tainted. The moment the last gypsy
woman was carried aboard, the hawsers were
dropped and the steamship got under way No po-
Iceman were Cn hand during the entire fSht, and
no anbulances We're called
The silver and jewelry OF 5he sypses did not con-
stitute the only precious metals carried away by
the Verdi for below decks, IN little wooden kegs.
each hcl6ng Syeoa. a shipment Of St5o,eN,
the largest gold shipment one that ever left
BROOKLYN The coin VIII go 10 Argentina II lifts
the total amount of gold shipped this 10 that
county 10 the sum o. S3ooJ0.ooa