Show M I ISlA SlA SLAVES V S or Of THE THI BOYS GreeKs 5 in Chi Chicago ac ago Hold Them in Peonage and Get Geta a Years Year's Hard V orK fo for Several Several hundred hun hun- CHICAGO June 25 dred Greek boys are being held in peonage peon peon- age in Chicago fruit stores and sh she e shining establishments This fa fact t has has' I conducted conducted conducted con con- investigation an been een revealed by ducted by the Federal immigration officials officials aided by Nicholas the Greek Consul Consul General Prosecution of the employers for violation of or the immigration im immigration im- im migration law will be based on t the e evidence evidence evidence evi- evi evi evi- dence obtained The methods by which the boys bors are imported and landed in in Chicago were brought to light through the arrest yesterday of of- George on the charge of perjury in making an affidavit that two Greek immigrants arriving at Boston were his brother and nephew The case will be heard heardy and the by y Judge Landis Thursday fictitious fictitious' brother will be a witness for forthe forthe the he prosecution which will be conducted conduct conduct- ed d Iby by y Assistant District Attorney shirer It is b by means of a far y reaching far aching system system tem em of deception in which relatives friends and the steamship companies conspire that the boys it is alleged are transported from their native land lando to o bondage in Chicago When the proprietor proprietor pro pro- of a shoe shining shoe U parlor for example sample wants additional help he purchases several tickets good for storage passage from Greece t to Chi- Chi cago ago The tickets tickets tick ts cost him 50 each The employer then sends the tickets to o a relative or a friend in Greece who whon in n turn sells them to boys who wish to toome come ome to this country The youth is is harmed anywhere from to for or his ticket and nd is required to sign signa a note fo for the amount l payable to the employer jn n Chicago These notes are in form and virtually ar are contracts contracts con con- tracts to work out the amount of the loan The boy lioy is taken to the th-e steamship company's agent who finds an adult passenger to pose as the father or other relatives of the minor minot Under this guise the tie youth passes the immigration officials officials at the American America port of entry and nd soon is is on a train bound for Chicago Chi- Chi ago cago cago Arriving here the boy is locked with Greek bos boys in the employers employer's house where he heis is boarded at the masters master's ex ex- pense ense It is usual for the youth to work a a. to the loan Moan year satisfy By that time ime he has learned some English and andle he le gets a better position Occasionally an employer attempts to o hold boys against the their i will and Con Consul Consul ul is is' obliged to interfere inter inter inter- fere ere But nt the employer secures secures the years year's labor of the youth f for r a a total o outlay of 50 and not more than for or clothes and lodging |