The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-01
RELIEF FOR THE MINERS
The Cabinet Considers the Phases
OF the Situation.
SUPPLIES WILL BE SENT
No Definite Plan Has Yet Been Formu-
lated An Urgent Appeal Received
From the Portland, Ore. Cham
Der OF Commerce.

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the Portland, ore chamher II com
merce stating there Nas danger oi dcs-
| titution and suffering In the klundyke.
and Offering 10 supply the necessary
food for relief IL the government would
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as mas been teieeraphcd from the
Northwest.
The cabinet considered every phase
of the situation. IL was decided that
nothing could he done until congrrss
meets. when an appropriation VIII be
asked for the purpose of transporting
food supplies.
Although many plans nave been dls-
cussed. none have been decided upon
| IL IL possible, however. Whatever action
Is taken VIII be under the direction OF
the war department ana by the time
congress acts Alger VIII have fotmu-
lated plans No attempt VIII be- made
Ia go up the Yukon, as the Ice has
closed progress In that direction. Re
lief supplies viii have To be sent over
the passes Just how they shall he
transported Is "A question requiring earn
est consideration and one that VIII re-
| auire the STUDY OF many plans IN order
that an entirely feasible one may be
evolved.
Alger VIII gather all possible iniorma-
tion ana viii communicate with per-
sons who know the route To kiondyH
ana are familiar with transportation
methods IN the Arctic and other frozen
regions. Reindeer ana dogs possibly
may he used.
IN" members of the CABINET were All
intensely interested IN the matter OF Sc
curing relief, whether the men Who are
supposed 10 DE SUFFERING went there or
not against repeated warnings 81 all
officials is beyond question. the simple
Tact being That they are there ana need
relief making " imperative upon the
government To extend aid " possible
No estimate has been made as To cost
ana none can be prepared now. Con-
gress VIII he asked 10 appropriate
sufficient amount and the war depart
ment Will expend II In the most eco
nomicai manner. The task OF getting
supplies to klondyke In midwinter is
not underestimated and doubts are en-
tertained as To Its being possible. The
expedition cannot reach klondyke be-
fore February at least and the president
hopes there In a sufficient supply To last
until relief arrives.
Secretary Alger believes Captain Ray
has gone 20 Dawson. and ne will make
his way back and report upon the con-
ditions there. Nothing has been heard
from him since he left Fort Yukon. but
the secretary expects advices from him
| almost any day II In probable the
| president will send "a special message
To- congress asking AN appropriation for
the relief of the people In the klon-
dyke
The following correspondence. adj
dressed To IN. president from the Port
land Ore, chamber of commerce, was
laid before the cabinet.
Overwhelming evidence tcstifying 10
the grave danger which confronts the
American miners ON the Yukon and its
tributaries, with the dreaded horrors
Of starvation when the present small
stock of provisions shall b. exhausted
demands ~ us. M humane people
blessed with abundance that every .
thing In our power shall be done to re-
Iicve the distress which Is almost a Ger
iainty unless supplies of food can bc
transported Ia the imprisoned miners
with this object i'm Ni,w the Portland
chamber of commerce has communi-
Gated with kindred organizations on the
Pacific coast and has obtained. In al
most every Instance, assurances of
hearty cooperation In furnishing the
necessary supplies so soon as the gov
ornm.nt shall promise to transport the
samc to their destination and superyis.
their distribution.
"Priynt. resources are wholly made
auate for the task involved. out of our
abundant storehouses the people of tn,
Northwest tributary 10 Portland are ca :
pabie of furnishing food supplies I'm
quantities sufficient to provide against
the impending distress. but lack the
means necessary To transport the same.
and 10 provide for this. We appeal to
the nation. through its chief executive
and it's renr.sentatiyes in congress ~
the end that an expedition under tn
management, OF ottr,rs of IN. army ot
navy b. proyidsd Tor and instructed III
; may. All nossibl. haste in the accom-.
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