The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
OFFER TO help
YOUNG IMMIGRANT
Arthur Skinner Says Miller
Gave Him Little Aid Towards
Securing Employment.
LATTER ENTERS DENIAL
Another Immigrant Asserts That
Encouraging Letters to Eng
lish Newspaper Were Faxed.

In consequence of the article which
appeared in yesterday mornings issue
of The Times-Dispatch ten people have
come forward and offered to give en-
ployment TO Arthur Skinner the
young Englishman who came to Vir-
GINA with the hope of securing a po-
siton affording sufficient salary to
4 live upon and to have a little left
over for the support of his mother
grandmother and two sisters still liv-
ing in the Old Country. The names of
the ten people offering him employ
ment were furnished him last night.
and he will begin this morning in
terviewing them to get the best that
can be offered
Got Little Help.
According to his own statement. the
young Englshman failed to receive
the help he had expected from the
department of the Commissioner OF
Agriculture. and he was left. a COM
parative stranger in strange land
to do tho best he could for himself.
l He managed to secure employment for
a few days with the National Window
| Cleaning Company, but the nature OF
Hthe work brought on neuralgia OF the
| shoulder. and he was forced to give
up his pogition
He went three Zines, in company
with friend. to tho Richmond Loco
motive Works. but failed to get a lob.
Ihen he went to several mills. failing
with them also. and since he has been
securing the city In vain effort to
get something to do he landed here
with sos in his pocket. having paid
his fare across and his hotel expenses
after landing. Or that sum he has
nothing left. and If 1t were not for
the kindness of his friends at 63s
South Church Street. where he has
been staying while in Richmond. he
would have had to seek the aid OF
some organization of charity.
Skinner stated last night that on
December 3. few days after ho
landed in New York, he went to see
Mr.. Miller, of tho Department Of Agri-
! culture. He stated that Mr.. Miller
was not very encouraging but finally
| sent him to see farmer near Peters,
| burg.
Received CoIdIy.
| The farmer wanted the Englishman
| to look after four mules, some COWS
and pigs and to make himself gen.
orally useful. Because he did not know
| how to milk. and because, he states, |
| the farmer was unwilling TO teach him.
| he refused the situation, and went to
sec Mr.. Miller again. The latter. he
says, Informed him that he could do no
more for him. as he had come ont at
| tho wrong time of the year. II am |
| n fruit grower and gardener" said tho
young Immigrant, land have no knowl-
| edge of tho care of horses or of dairy
| work, but / am willing to work If only
| ] can get the chance. AT the Depart
ment of Agriculture they received me
| coldly. and insinuated that because I
had paid my own fare across I was
| not desirable"
| Mr.. Miller stated in self-defense last
night that the young man came with
out letter of introduction or OIL
| recommendation, as Is usually fur
nished by the immigration agents. and
| that, consequently, he was unable TO
| recommend Skinner to any farmer, cs-
| pecially as many of the immigrants
| who had dropped in as Skinner had
\ done had been turned back on them.
| 'Some of them" said Mr.. Miller. "have
come back to us several times for en-
I ploynent, and it has become necessary
| for us to refuse to send them to far
| mers without knowing anything about
| them. l have had three years c1-
perlence with this sort of thing. and
! it has caused no end of trouble. We
have practically discontinued bringing
In the laborng class of Immigrants,
| and are turning our main attention
now to bringing in land buyers, who
| will remain" He said also that all
immigrants pay their own fares.
| He stated that the letters OF intro
! duction and of recommendation came
| from the immigration agents, but did
| not state how the Immigration agents
| happened to know so much about INC
| Immigrants as to be able to furnish
these letters An interesting SIDE
| light on the manner of conducting I'M"
migration was furnished by one OF the
| people now living at 63S South Churcn
! Street, who was one Of the Nnsllsn
| immigrants brought over from the ola
country after Mr. Koiner's visit:
She stated that some time atteI sire
had been in Virginia she receiveu from
| a, friend in England a clipping IRON
| the Westmoreland Times. of Westuo.a
land county. England, which purpol go
| to be a letter frola her ana otners. - y,
l.-G how much they liked TINS :; Gou store
| for them ~ never knew OF tic ia
tiers until saw the clipping. s 81 sa.I'
| .and no one had any warrant ~ ss"u ~,
Ling such letters to England. Ana az
FOE tt1 the money VIC We're making In the
| emnloyment we had at Fishersvllle, !
| viii say that my husband got $40 2
month and r gnt dai aapinf
GA ArthuT Skinner's rese has been
taken up by the horticultural society
! Of Virginia, and s. S. Guerrant, OF Cal
| slaway. president, otudFL DEL, " ~ -
nh"ster of the executive committee,
and Walter Whateley. of Crozet, sec
retary ana treasurer, have offered to
4 help him. Mr.. Whateley is an Eng
i iishman himself The others who have
| offered to help him and to give him
employment arc DR.. Il. c, Levy, silas
Shelburne. a. l.. Adamson, of Manches-
ter; j. "A. Connolly, 905 East Main
| Street. j. N. Whitaker. of the United
i States District Court; II. c. M. john
i son. Of OIL East Main Street, and Mrs.
1 r. c. Henry, OF Henrico county.
Skinner Is from Halstead, Kent coun-
] to. England, eighteen miles from Lon
and two sisters are living. He said
he would not think of bringing them
| out until he had become settled.
|