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tions (of which 28 are in Pennsylvania), with 34 ministers (not 

 including some 5 Presbyterian clergymen), who are organized 

 under the name of "The Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Synod 

 of America." The Slovaks have a large number of organiza- 

 tions. The principal Catholic ones are : Prva Katolicka Slo- 

 venska Jednota (First Slovak Catholic Union), for men, 33,- 

 000 members ; Pennsylvanska Slovenska Rimsko a Grecko 

 Katolicka Jednota (Pennsylvania Slovak Roman and Greek 

 Catholic Union), 7,500 members; Prva Katolicka Slovenska 

 Zenska Jednota (First Catholic Slovak Women's Union), 12,- 

 000 members ; Pennsylvanska Slovenska 2enska Jednota 

 (Pennsylvania Slovak Women's Union), 3,500 members ; 2i- 

 vena (Women's League), 6,000 members. There are also: 

 Narodny Slovensky Spolok (National Slovak Society), which 

 takes in all Slovaks except Jews, 28,000 members ; Evanjelicka 

 Slovenska Jednota (Evangelical Lutheran Slovak Union), 

 8,000 members; Kalvinska Slovenska Jednota (Presbyterian 

 Slovak Union), 1,000 members ; Neodvisly Narodny Slovensky 

 Spolok (Independent National Slovak Society), 2,000 mem- 

 bers. They also have a large and enterprising Press, publish- 

 ing some fourteen papers. The chief ones are: "Slovensky 

 Dennik" (Slovak Journal), a daily, of Pittsburgh; "Slovak v 

 Amerike" (Slovak in America), of New York; "Narodne No- 

 viny" (National News), a weekly, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

 with 38,000 circulation ; "Jednota" (The Union), also a weekly, 

 of Middletown, Pennsylvania, with 35,000 circulation ; and 

 "Bratstvo" (Brotherhood), of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. 

 There are also Protestant and Socialistic Slovak journals, 

 whose circulation is small. Among the distinguished Slovaks 

 in the United States may be mentioned Rev. Joseph Murgas, of 

 Wilkesbarre, who, in addition to his work among his people, 

 has perfected several inventions in wireless telegraphy and is 

 favorably known in other scientific matters. 



IX. — Slovenes 



These come chiefly from south-western Austria, from the 

 Provinces of Carniola (Kranjsko; Ger., Krain), Carinthia 

 (Koroska; Ger., Kdrnten), and Styria (Stajersko; Ger., 

 Steiennark) ; as well as from Resia (Resja) and Udine 



