SLAVS IN AMERICA i8i 



as professors in his diocesan seminary, thus providing a Slo- 

 venian-American clergy for their parishes in his province. 



There are several church and benevolent organizations 

 among the Slovenians in America. The principal ones are: 

 Kranjsko Slovenska Katoliska Jednota (Krainer Slovenian 

 Catholic Union), organized in April, 1894, now having 100 

 councils and a membership of 12,000; Jugoslovenska Katoliska 

 Jednota (South Slovenian Catholic Union), organized in Jan- 

 uary, 1901, having 90 councils and 8,000 members; besides 

 these there are also Slovenska Zapadna Zveza (Slovenian 

 Western Union), with 30 councils and about 3,000 members, 

 Drustva Sv. Barbara (St. Barbara Society), with 80 councils, 

 chiefly among miners, and the semi-socialistic Delvaska Pod- 

 porna Zveza (Workingmen's Benevolent Union), with 25 

 councils and a considerable membership. There are also Sv. 

 Rafaelova Druzba (St. Raphael's Society), to assist Slovenian 

 immigrants, founded by Father Kasimir, O.F.M., and the So- 

 ciety of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, to assist Slovenian schools, 

 as well as numerous singing and gymnastic organizations. The 

 Slovenians publish ten newspapers in the United States. The 

 oldest is the Catholic weekly, "Amerikanski Slovenec" (Ameri- 

 can Slovene), established in 1891 at Joliet, and it is the organ 

 of the Krainer Slovenian Catholic Union. "Glas Naroda" 

 (Voice of the People), estabHshed in 1892 in New York City, 

 is a daily paper somewhat liberal in its views, but it is the offi- 

 cial organ of the South Slavonic Catholic Union and the St. 

 Barbara Society. "Ave Maria" is a religious monthly, pub- 

 lished by the Franciscans of Rockland Lake, New York. "Glas- 

 nik" (The Herald) is a weekly of Calumet, Michigan; as are 

 also "Edinost" (Unity), of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; "Cleve- 

 landska Amerika," of Cleveland, Ohio; "Narodni Vestnik'' 

 (People's Messenger), of Duluth, Minnesota; and "Slovenski 

 Narod" (Slovenian People), of Pueblo, Colorado. There are 

 also two purely Socialistic weeklies in Chicago : "Proletarec" 

 (Proletarian) and "Glas Svobode" (Voice of Freedom). A 

 very fine work, "Amerika in Amerikanci" (America and the 

 Americans), descriptive of all the United States and Slovenian 

 life and development here, has been published by Father J. M. 

 Trunk at Klagenfurt, Austria. 



