New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-14
STARTLED IMMIGRANTS
SWARM AT BATTERY
Thought HamiIton's Flight a
Daily Feature of Life in
Great America.
NOT so MANY AT THE START
Some Rose Early and Some Did
Not Go to Bed, but ALI Who
Got There Were Glad They
Had Been Strong.

It seemed at the Battery yesterday as If
a veritable immigrant armada had come to
port The timeWorn expression Thousands
lined the beach, was resurrected every
little while in the afternoon. as the curious
hoped off surface cars and the horde of
enthusiastic humanity literally poured out
of that hole in the ground known the
subway exit.
Four ships from Europe or the Mediter-
ranean will always draw a crowd to the
Battery. However poor or humble they
may be. immigrants will have friends On
these Shores and these friends will swarm
by the hundreds to the Barge Office to
meet them on arrival from Ellis Island A
Battery crowd is as common as the pave
ment stones-something conspicuous usually
by its absence.
It was conspicuous yesterday by its
volume. The stranger from Ellis Island had
to pick his own way His friends might
have gone there to meet him, but they
learned later that Hamilton, "da man
whata go up queeka an fly far lka da
bird was his way from Philadelphia.
and what was Antonio or Maria then COM
pared with dat fella in da sky? Antonio
and Maria could wait-wait for a week. IL
necessary-because dat man Hamilton
don fly every day
Hamilton got away too early for the
sleepy-heads Good resolutions made the
night before were broken by prolonged
slumber, and so the Battery crowd was not
large at the ascension as it might have
been.
Thought there would have been more
folks here said one man to a watcher. as
the latter arose with yawn from his grass
bed by the Aquarium I'm glad they ain
no more than just them that's here 1t 5
worth getting up for. and them that ain t
got the nerve don't deserve TO see that
young cub fly. They amt nutnin worth
while in this life unless it's paid fur. paid
fur this here fun with six good long hours
of lost sleep.
The man who had arisen rubbed his eyes
and looked toward Governors Island
Guess you're right, partner. Couldn't get
| up myself. so just set up all night IN the
park Did he go up YETI
As the hands of the clock in the Produce
| Exchange tower pointed at the slim crowd
became anxious huddled closer together
and trained their eyes toward the Island.
It was a long vigil Those who dared
turn their heads northward saw open win
dows in the big buildings in lower Manhat-
tan The Office boy and the stenographer
came down ahead of the boss and stole a
march on him for a glimpse Of the man
| who was to fly
The false alarms of There he ain [!
made the watchers on the green wary, but
at last when the Curtiss biplane that had
thrilled thousands at Rheims CLIMBED up
high into the heavens out of the low mask
ing foliage of Governors Island the watch
| ers easped Silence fell over them for
moment Then as If hidden by one MIND
thew shouted to the feeting air wight VINO
could not hear them
The cheer went up again, and that was
all Before the we'll wishers of the Con-
nectfc11t wonder could say more he was lost
in the gray dome ahead. There was a gen
eraI rnuttering as the watchers dispersed
Some peered into the south long AFTER
Hamilton was well into New Jersey. Black
specks fitted before tired eyes. A dozen
visionary aeroplanes took the place or the
real one that had gone. Some folks who
did not know Hamilton really thought ne
might return to make repairs
This Is an event of history said the oc-
cupant of the only automobile at the park
as he climbed into his big touring car and
ordered his driver to go home. Hang it
all. he went the wrong way" he continued
THAT lad should have flown over Wee
hawken. where his great namesake. and no
doubt ancestor, was stricken by the I'M
mentionable Burr. There would have been
some real big history to record in that
The early editions of the afternoon news
papers announcing the flight kept the late
Corners from futile vigil. But with the
noon hour when it looked as If Hamilton
might come back ahead of time with one
of his customary surprises. Battery Park
took in about all it could comfortably hold
Restaurants were deserted. The hungry