Show immigration steamship compan m are aroused AMERICAN HEBREWS they will help their breth ern in europe to come to america NEW YORE april 11 the steamship companies have finally awakened to realization that the new immigration law is to he enforced yesterday a meeting of ahe of all the principal steamship lines wax held to consider the situation CI weber president of the steamship company agents mado the point that the line were under a contract with auch pas a aucy lauc 10 land stiem in this country and if people were not allowed to land the companies are liable to na action for a breach of contract ia the countries from whose ports thea steamers sailed further the agents said they had no facilities for restraining immigrants from landin p who had been placed on board their ships for return to porta from whence they came they also doubted their legal right to restrain any person from going ashore who instated u pon doing so in haply col weber laid the law was not made for the benefit of steamship companies but for the benefit of tha country and that it was the intention ef tha law that the companies bringing improper immiK ranta her should suffer tho trouble and loss if companies exercised the proper care as to the class of immigrants received on kneir steamships to be broucht to i these shores there would be no trouble for any one but the government did not propose any longer to allow the steamship companies compan iea to brine the refuse of europe her and force upon the government all the trouble and i expense of debarring and returning such people the law is explicit and must be obeyed or the companies must lake the consequences the agents than said they would willingly take the de barred immigrants granta back if they could be detailed at the barge office pending the time of sailing of the steamer on which they were to be returned A committee wa appointed which will wait en colonel weber on monday to some plan of compromise |