Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-12


DfTRofr. Mich. Dec H. The exccn.
tive committee in charge Of the relief
arrangements for the starving miners ia
the northern peninsula. who have jusf
returned from tour through the min.
ing district. made it. report this after
noon- Ms. Msybury, ss chairman of the
committee. read the report The most
distress the COMMITTEES reports. IL in the
Gogebic range. Ia the Aenomince
range the situation u serious. though
not 80 bad an in the ssogehic. The local
authorities in the Marquette range give
assurances that they viii he able 90 take
care Of all their destitute poor through
out the winter without applying for out.
side assistance
Committees onclu<ion<
The conclusions of the committer
were summarizsd under fve points IN
these terms:
1. Distress and want have been upon
the people FOR several months and -
constantly increasing.
, The seeds extend % 800 people IN
the counties of Gogebic, which Includes
all of the miners In the Gagebic naines.
and Dickinson. in which are the Largest
Of the Menominee mines
3 The duration a need viii he co.ex
istent with the depression of mining.
4. The needs are immediate FOR cloth
ing and footwear. food supplies OF sii
kinds. money ia proportion.
d The local organizations are con-
piete and merit the confdcnce % the
public. The hsfpiest and only solution
Of the existing depression viii be when
the mines are again N operation aud
employ ment accorded TO q fair proper.
ton Of the unemployed.
The COMMITTEES made no recommend.
alton about calling special Legislative
session. They had discussed the matter
beforehand aud agreed 10 leave IL en-
tireiy 20 the executive committee and
Governor Rich. The committee viii
promulgste its report tomorrow.
General AIgcr,s Enortz.
General Alger reported that be sent a
telegram on Saturday 90 ]. N. Longyear
of Marquette. telling ot his oiforfs ia
Cleveland o. secure the opening of the
mines in the Gogebic rsissye and asking
that IL he. lsoneyear. a. one % the prin.
cipal fee-owners. could aseiei In the re-
sumption of thee mines by materially
reducing the royalties Mr. Lonryear
replied that he would do anything he
could 10 aid in openine the minos lie
represented only partially. howcrer. the
fee-oxDers of the Gogsbic raI.ge snd
whatever be might say woulG 20; b.
sufficiently binding. lie saegr<ted that
a meeting Of the principal fee-owners be
called 80 that they might act In unison.
who the Pee Owners Are
These Zee owners are: Theodore n.
Davis Newport. X l.. fee owner u the
Kewebnsx: Fred Ayer. Lowell Nnes..
r. W. Spares, Lansing, Newport Land
company. Nexport. Il /: J. Al NcDon-
aid of Escanal1a and Judge G. H. Grant
os Lansing A. Representatives, of the Zee.
owners of the Colby mfses a Bssssmer.
AZ this meeting the difercnt phases of
the situstion could be considered and
fair scale 90 reductions of royalties b>
adopted 10 apply 10 the whole fsnf~
General Alrer reported The uerk he had
done 10 Cleveland With the hgsn'~ of the
mine osbers and transportation com
psniss. and that meeting q the nine
Tuesday. The principal fhine sccom
piished wss that Il we decided -
double the working force of The Ncrrie
mine. and. 30 \ certain esteDt % reeune
work Ia come other mines. Aunfher
meeting wfIl i< bcid In Nee fofk fhis
week b. defermins ho~ many nee shsii
he snpluyed 0orernor Eicb wss
present st the meeting, but rrfas~d 10
di.cus< IN sny msnu>r the proposed "a
ira session of the leei.lstufe tp sppso
prists money Tor the relief u the rninsrs