Holy Trinity Church

About the turn of the century, immigrants from the Austro- Hungary and Russian Empires settled in and about Elmira, NY.  Having very little command of English at first, they had considerable difficulty in securing employment.  Jobs were available to them mostly at the foundries, the iron works, and at the US Steel Bridge works.  The women worked in the textile mills.  Everyone worked hard and made about 10 cents an hour, usually about $6 a week.At first, the Slavic speaking people in the area at...