Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-04
TOlLERS GIVE MONEY
Trades and Labor Assembly Ap-
propriates for Unfortunates.
TO AID FAMILIES OF DEAD MINERS
Money Will Be Received at the Cour-
Ter Office to Add to the Fund for the
Relatives of the Lost Creek Vic
Tins.

tFrom Thursdays Daily.l
AT meeting of the Ottumwa Trades
and Labor assembly, held last evening
a resolution was adopted appropriate
ing S25 from the organizations treas
ury for the aid of the surviving rela-
tives of the unfortunate miners who
were killed last Friday at Lost Greek
by the explosion in the mine there.
The money has been turned over to
the Courier Office and at this office
money will be received and receipted
for to swell the fund thus started. The
Courier gladly makes a contribution
of SIS, and others will, it is confidently
expected. follow with donations ac-
cording to their ability.
Left Dependent Families.
The majority of the men who were
killed in the Lost Creek disaster were
the heads of families or if not they
were the sole supports of widowed
mothers orphan brothers and sisters
With the surviving members of their
families the work of making living,
especially during the remainder of the
coming winter, will be very difficult
and the people of Ottumwa commend
the action of the Trades e Labor as
sembly in thus remembering the grief
stricken and dependent people.
Every Little Helps.
Every little helps in case of this
kind, and small contribution which
will not be felt by the giver will bring
much joy to the recipient in many
cases. Keeping the wolf from the
door is a hard task in many families
and in the case of the Lost Creek
families who are left without bread
winners this fact will no doubt be
realized very deeply before the SHOWS
of the present winter have disappear
ed.
The money collected in this city will
be held in trust and at the appointed
time will be turned over to reliable
party who will see that it is correctly
distributed among the families of the
miners who met their death in so hor
Irible manner last Friday.
The Resolution.
The resolution adopted by the
Trades & Labor assembly last evening
is as follows:
Whereas, A terrible catastrophe has
taken place at Lost Creek bringing
unlocked for sorrow upon the homes
of happy people. and
Whereas, The heads of families an6
those who We're the sole support of de
pendent women and children are gone
forever from this world, therefore BIZ
it
Resolved. That the Ottumwa Trade:
&, Labor assembly contribute s25 to
wards fund for the relief of the wild
oWs. mothers and orphans of the me1
who lost their lives in the accident a
Lost Creek, and we call upon all char
ltably inclined people to contribute tt
this fund, knowing as we do that Goo
In His righteousness will ever reward
those who assist the worthy unfortu
nate. And be it further
Resolved. That we request the OF
. tumWa Courier and the Ottumwa Dem
ocrat to become repositories for sucf
funds as the charitably inclined PEG
pie may see fit to contribute for the
alienation of the suffering of the fam
lies of those honest and unfortunate
men. And be it further
Resolved, That the commercial in
terests of Ottumwa have been consid
erably advanced by the patronage O
the 5000 miners surrounding the city
and that many of those who lost thei
lives at Lost Creek, to our persona
knowledge have been patrons OF thu
business institutions of Ottumwa
Therefore we appeal for liberal con
tributions from unions, business
houses and individuals.
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