Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30
HONORING THE DEAD.
The Miners Union Makes a Request Upon
the Various Mining Superintendsnts.

The Miners Union Makes a Request Upol
the Various Mining superintendents.
At a regular meeting OF the Miners Unior
held Tuesday evening, a committee was ap
pointed to draft q memorial to the super
intsndents OF the various mining companies
requesting that they suspend operations
one day following the recovery Of the bodies
of the miners who persisted in the st. Law.
renee mine last Saturday, in order to enable
their employees to attend the funeral.
The committee reported the following, a
COPY OF which was given The MINER with
the request that it be published:
f. Recognizing that.though divided by race,
nationality and belief we are still members
OF the one great family OF humanity, tied
by the bonds OF common brotherhood, and
therefore while no kinship may exist be.
tween us save that which binds all people
and all nations into one vast relationship
we desire to false our voices Individually
and collectively in behalf OF the memory Of
those brave men who SO CALAMITY yielded
up their lives for others at that awful
calamity which befell our community on
that memorable day, Nov. 23.
Vf1A UuO N0IcIdb1Ou duu f0bDeCU IOf G0o
memory Of true heroes and b~enefactors
wfkch wells from the hearts of all men re.
CARELESS of race or nationality, we desireto
pay u tribute to the memory Of men
who, although in humble walks OF life,
dared all with no motive save the generous
impulses OF brave and noble natures. Un-
like the heroes made famous in
history and verse they were not
spuJfed on by the clamor OF battle
and the plsudits Of admiring nations, and
unlike those heroes whose mission was to
destroy life and wreck families, they were
.actuated by nobler impulses and more gen.
egsus motives. They dared death and met
ftbravely and nobly in the vain hope that BY
doing SO Others might besaved from a horri-
BILE late. With no hope nor expectation OF
future reward, save the consciousness of
having obeyed the dictates of brave and |
generous hearts and that they might pre- |
vent death, misery, sorrow and heartache |
they entered the gloomy caverns far below
them, fully aware that to do 80 was 10 |
court death Int meet it in it's most hor. |
rib.e form. That they failed should not |
detract from the halo OF glory which en-.
circle their names and memories for all |
time to come, for the death they died was
the death OF heroes, and as such their |
should be sung &c long as memory
sndures and gratitude continues a virtue.
s4o'enable US who have shared with them
Rthe dangers which at all times surround
hose OF our calling, to pay our last re-
'pects and honors to their earthly re-
mains, We respectfully, yet urgently
'equest the superintendents Of al;
'he mines in about Butte to close down for
me day, in the event that the honored re-
mains which are still hidden from view far
in the caverns that robbed them of
lie, should be recovered. 80 that we may
ollow them to their final resting place and
az them our last tribute of love, honor
nd esteem. We ask this in behalf Of Butte
diners Union and in behalf OF all the other
aborfng men of the city and in behalf of hu-
nanity and a common brotherhood, a
brotherhood which makes all men and all
aces equal in the sight OF Him who created
hem. T. 3. K~ilgallan, W. G. Malloy.
Brown, w. q, Eddy, James Nc.
ann; Jerry Shea. William Queeney. COM
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