New-York tribune., 1911-03-12

"Ohio CITY, All out.
"Hinaus. youse"
wake up
"Beat .'"'
"prouto. mucho quick.
"Skddoor'
Variously urged by various believing
brakemen. some 10 immigrants pour down
from two rattletrap cars at the end Of the
train II is $50 IN the morning and the
uau S. only ton minutes late. IL beiches
crt soruo rarer covered trunks. then starts
"a -kettiur off as Il IT had heen sent for sud
denly. leaving the immigrants on the snow
sted platform.
Men women and children, thov stand in
the thick darkness dazed and half asleep.
heads down and backs 20 tho wind Ike
horses in a storm II is the terrible stead
wind that sweeps across the plains IN win
ter after the lakes arc frozen. The chill Of
# viii search ont the thin places of any
rrufing For while the crowd stands "a
tlently then some one leads a stampede
INTO tho station.
Now. the town of ohio city has about
nine hundred inhabitants r * not even a
county seat So when tho station there
was built f, was built q the right size for
Al obscure Middle Western junction. or
somewhat lsrgf- than the stable Of a
0intTv parsonage.
Thirty or forty of the leaders get places
On tho benches and pile their bundles he
sioo them. = group gather tlickly around
tho stove. A porty. middle aged couple
lead in q caravan OF seven children. Ali
laden Nth bllging baggage with which
they heap the corner behind the stove.
Then al nine Of them crawl on top of their
belongings and 80 20 sleep.
Others follow their example wherever
thsv can ind room the station Is filled
With the standing crowd. and still the
siragglers keep coming IN. The stove pants
and rosrs. red hot. and with its scorchnG
heat drives the crowd 70 a respectful dis
ianoe, only 10 meet the lake wind that
strains and whistles through the chinks OF
he rafting windows and pours in a thin.
rfe edged stream under the badly fitted
door. The women on tho benches take off
ihslr gay shawls and fold them and then
Nlnd them tighter around necks and cars.
Fn' the chill strikes through. and in few
n'nu'es they are driven into the standing
'ooTn around the FIRE.
The wind brings its chill. but IL seems
" have left its freshness behind. one hun
cred and fifty people packed into the
weaihing space Of large family do not
Fet on comfortably. In five minutes the
pace reeks with the unmistakable smell
compounded Of grease, stale clothing. dis
Niectsnt and numerous other minor
sources which follows the Immigrant wher-
eFsr he goes In 1fteen minutes the room
81 crenched with the smell that II is
harcly noticeable. In half an hour there
= no smell any more. except the unspeak-
so'e stencil % bad air.
one by one the immigrants seek out
PAGES on the floor 10 lie down. 40 one
ean sir without stepping over the sieepcrs.
ns' there il not room for ali, even on the
Ho'r Now and then a weary woman
Wrows herself down before the door. but
'"fs again in few moments. shaking
WIN the cold Tic benches before the
WIDOWS arc hare. -, numb and sleopless.
"' gforp hy the fire waits out the long
hight standing.
NOW. for two weeks past these people
ave been hcrded and cramped without a
.l'Hents release. First the long, cattle
'e mp from their homes 10 the seaport
smolrg. Bremen. Cherbourg or Trieste.
Neh seven days tier fashion In the steer
Then from the snip they were taken
crowded barge 10 Ellis Island for a
S or Ming between iron rails and waiting
n iron pens.
nat train ride was bad enough All
sht and all Gay and half tie next night
.F rode. some Of them hanging on the
1S ot seats, some crouched on bundles