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Show i IMMIGRANTS FOR MIES OUT OF UNION Former Immigration Commissioner Commis-sioner Keefe Charged With Discrimination. WASHINGTON, -Sept. 10. How former Immigration Commissioner Kecfc ordered or-dered the Ellis Island station to send no immigrant laborers to me West Virginia mine strike district because It w:is not unionized, was mid to the senate lnvcs-tlgatlnR- committee today by William 13. Ord and Captain E. H. Bargcr, who went to New York and Were told by C, L. Greene, head of the Immigrant distribution distribu-tion division, that "Washington" had "embargoed" immigrants to their llclda. The embargo later was raised three days to let the Consolidated Coal company get men, they said. .State Immigration CommlHslonor Nugent made a visit to Washington, they testlllcd. and was told the West Virginia mlnH could have no more immigrants until they were unionised union-ised . Greene testified that t was tho policy of the immigration service not to direct Immigrants to mines where they might "cause explosions." He testified to having hav-ing received orders from Keefe. The service was now sending no immigrants to .lead mines, he said. Keefe was a labor union official bo-fore bo-fore becoming head of the Immigration service. Bargcr testified that foreigners working work-ing In his mines entered through the port of Boston. "My general Information Is that there whs no discrimination against West Virginia Vir-ginia at Boston that we experienced at New York," he said. |