The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-15
RACE SHIFTING IN CHICAGO.


 In the crowded west-side district bounded by Halsted. Canal Harrison, and Sixteenth streets a gradual but persistent migration of races is in pro- gress. The Jews from the southeast portion of the area are working steadily northward. Twelfth street formerly regarded as the northern boundary of the ghetto, has been passed, and the Hebrew invasion is now face to face with the Italian settlements at De Koven street. An extensive Bohemian colony, once located below Twelfth street, has gone, and its place has been taken by the Hebrews. The Italians in the northern part of the district have been reinforced by numerous Greeks within the year. A general tendency to overflow Halsted street and spread westward is also marked. The first settlers of this portion Of Chicago were Americans and Germans. A few of these nationalities have always re- mained in the midst of the strange med 1 ley of races that has since occupied the i greater part of the district Among the first successors of these pioneers in the 1 southern half were many BOhemians. i Around the Bohemians Russian and Polish Jews established themselves, and to the north Italians early ap- peared. Through the tract few Irish were found. and these have best with 1 stood the encroachment of the invaders. | The disappearance of the Bohemians, who moved westward to the populous area occupied by their countrymen along West Eighteenth street, was the first significant stage of the new migra- tion. All trace of them is practically obliterated now, and the Russian Jews took possession of the places where they lived. In turn these former subjects of the czar had been working north in Ca nal street and along the eastern border of the tract. There seems to be a marked antipathy between this people
 and others of the district. As soon as a Jewish family gets foothold in ten- ement other occupants Vacate. In the Semitic encroachment the Italians were
 occasionally victorious and checked
 them. Generally, however, they gave way. Two years ago there was large influx of Rumanian Jews, and more are expected soon. Oddly enough, many of | those immigrants spoke Spanish, being
 descendants of the Jews that were eX- pelled from Andalusia with the over-
 throw of the Moors.
 With the sudden appearance of seVe- lral thousand Greeks in the northern end of the Italian settlement began the la test phase of the evolution. They
 were the first Greeks that have been in
 the district" Hull house officer said yesterday. We knew nothing of them
 until one night we observed the street
 and the saloon above us in Halsted street were filled with them. They were young men, and had arrived re.
 gently in search of work. Gradually
 they have assimilated with the Italians
 with whom they seemed to fraternize , The two races now occupy houses and
 rooms together, and many of the Greeks , have married Italians, These Greek: have a way of living in extremely con gested quarters. They gather by dog
 ems and sleep In sheds or barns. ol . l wherever they can find shelter Conse iquently, their coming has increased thu | population of the quarter, hitherto al 7 Italian and solidified it."
 Miss Addams said she regarded tn
 departure of the Bohemians and the in
 cursion of the Greeks as the most strik , ing features of the migration. Tn igains of the Jews, however, she said I had been so gradual 1t was difficult t
 appreciate it. That these advance f have been permanent Is shown by tn
 charts in Hull House. N. Salapoulos e Greek consul in Chicago, explained tn f movement of his countrymen with tn statement that the majority of the thre s thousand immigrants that reach Amer ica each year come to Chicago. Fror f this city, he said, they scatter throug
 the country. The consul does not thin ,, a permanent Greek colony will be estat . lished on the West side.-Chicago Trf
 bune.