| Show LINER UNER R ST LOGIS JS SAFE IN PORT t Boil rs Were Leaky When She Put to Sal ea A a PASSENGERS ARE INDIGNANT SUITS sUITS AGAINST THI TH COMPANY ARE ABE THREATENED D New York Jan 17 The steamship St Louis arrived at her pier pter today aft att after atter after er an extremely slow s ow trip owing to leaky boilers Her time from Cherbourg to the lightship was thirteen days das five hours and twenty enty minutes six days fifteen fifteen fifteen teen hours bours and a d u 7 nt the minutes be behind hind the die ships best record record There was no accident of guy any ny kind at any time t ine And although nd heavy W ther was wa wan en encountered en countered practically ally alfro the delay delays d la lawas was s cause inability to t get up good od steam in the defective boilers q The passengers became be ame very ry indig indignant nant when they learned of the p pOor or progress the vessel was making and an indignation n meeting was held liel at which the line Une wag w wd severely censured c for permitting passengers to embark on ona a steamer in the condition the St Louis Showed A statement was drawn up and given to the public on oy arr today by a a committee chosen forth the grievances of those on Board oard Large Crowd Gathered ered I After Atter she was was sighted d off irNa Nantucket e last night the St S1 Louis made good time timeto In Into to New York and reached rea hed her pier some hours ahead ot oCth set Seh se last night A large crowd gathered at at the American line pier and cheered as the ship came caine c in III with her h r load Id lo do of human man beings for whose safety Safet grave fears tears had been felt for tor several days The Th T t tugs having gathered around the St nn she was as slowly s brought to the ock flock and when she came within speaking distance the excitement on the pier grew It did not take long for tar forthe forthe the first and second cabin ca bin passengers to cross the t gangplanks once the Jines were fast and as ba they got beyond the rope enclosure they were ere gathered to the th arms a of their waiting relatives Each little group gro p provided a scene the women in most cases weeping their joy While this was going goin on on the upper deck of the pier where the first and second cabin passengers land similar scenes sc nes were ere being enacted among the t tI steerage passengers on the lower deck of the dock but in this case the pas passengers passengers passengers had again to part from their friends to go to Ellis island for tor exam examination examInation examination by the immigration officers Company Will Be Sued Many of the passengers declared their intention to enter suit stilt s tt against the company and their cases eases were placed in the hands of lawyers on onboard onboard board When the passengers started ashore a quartermaster was placed on guard at every gangplank with orders the dock superintendent not to allow any anyone one to go on board None of the th ships officers was allowed to come ashore The passengers freely expressed their feelings at the delay A P Lloyd of ot Baltimore was one of the signers rs of the first cabin passengers resolutions He said The speeches speech s made at the indignation indignation tion meeting were much more fiery in hi intone intone tone and much more bitter against the management of than the resolutions show We attempted to fo tomake tomake make the resolutions as dispassionate as possible p There w was as s no pleasure nor gaiety aboard f the ship Every one was as depressed and angry as men and men could be in such a situation n Sus Sum Suspicion began from the very moment that we left Southampton When it first began to o be rumored mored r about a out the ship that th t the boilers were w re defective and leaky we sought information from the officers and steward but We could learn nothing Our fears were either i laughed at or jocularly evasive answers made r In Deadly Earnest But when the officers saw that we were in deadly earnest and would not be denied in our endeavor to know the truth they th e y changed their attitude ude and told up promptly what we wanted to I know or told us they knew nothing about the cause of the delay All of the passengers have hae put their cases into the hands of myself I and Mr Bernel as s their lawyers and authorized us to make such claims against the company as we e see fit and to endeavor to collect colle t damages The rhe American line gave out the fol louing statement later in the day The delayed arrival of ot the St Louis was caused by leaving Cherbourg late I and by extremely bad weather There Thereas was as nothing in the known condition of our boilers boners that would have prevented nt d her from front reaching hereafter here a normal passage The marked loss of Steaming power could not have been b en foreseen Even In the title light of our present knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge there is nothing in any way that affects the perfect safety of the ship TIle than man management gement much mitch regrets the in fn inconvenience InconvenIence convenience caused the passengers and the anxiety caused their friends |
