They escaped to Gary, Indiana to work in the steel mill then being built there. Thanks to the existence of the Interurban system they were free to travel around the Midwestern core territory and find other places to live where they could open stores and such.
Indianapolis became a major focus for them. In fact, I believe they were the first Orthodox Christians to make a major imprint on life in the Hoosier State.
The Star (way back when) would run feature articles on them from time to time. That information would still be useful for catching a snapshot of these people in a very important time of their history.
One memory pops up ~ they were mostly from Homs and Aleppo ~ both really ancient Christian cities in the good old days.