Their places were filled by employees gathered front southern Europe. from the Balkan States. Great posters were platced. according to the testimony of those people. in the little Balkan countries like Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. and in every pesthaunted hole in the Orient and in southern Europe. containing pictures of long streams of beautifully dressed people passing from magnificent vats to lovely villas. which were described as the residences of the mill workers. They were brought over here without any knowledge of our institutions. without any knowledge of the actual conditions which were to confront them. brought over in the holds of cattle ships. unloaded in violation of our immigration laws Into the city of Lawrence. and there they worked for it song. They did not speak our language and were utterly helpless when they got here. These people afterwards went on a strike.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about people from Southern Europe and the Balkans coming from 'pesthauunted holes' and being ignorant and helpless.