The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-30
lpEALS FOR ED
mittee Collecting Funds for Relief of Monongah Mine Sufferers.
TOTAL OF $200,0oo WANTED
Desire to Enable Stricken Families to Get Start or Reach Dis
 tant Relatives.

Appeals are being made about the country by the committee in charge of collecting the relief fund for the fami- lies and dependents of the miners who were killed in the disaster at the Mo- nongah mines in West Virginia on De- cember 6. Request is made for the raising of at least $200,O00 for the relief of the sufferers. The following letter gives details of the collection:
 Fairmont, w. Va, Dec. IA, 1907
 Dear sir; At Monongah, w. Va, five miles from Fairmont, at 10:S0 a. m., ss 'riday, December 6, 1907, an explo- on in mine No. and none No. of ne Fairmont Coal company, occurred, 4 resulting in the death of approximate Ny $50 employees.
 Monongah is a mining town of about 5000 inhabitants This disaster has destroyed almost one-half of it's bread winners. The other half is composed of the employees of two oth- CT mines of the same company, and of the usual stores, etc, which go to make up a purely mining community, Fully 250 widows and 1000 children are left without any means of support. The most of these families live in the company's houses at Monongah, the remaining ones in various countries in Europe. The company has generous ly declared that the families occupying their houses may remain until other provision is made for them, but oper- ations cannot be resumed at the dam aged mines until these houses are available for the new force. Many of the resident families want to return to their relatives in their native countries in Europe. The other resident fami- lies must seek community in which they can earn livelihood.
 Aid must be given these families to reach their new abodes and to help them establish themselves; and the families living abroad must be pro vided for until they can adjust them selves to their new conditions.
 As near as can be determined at sources has been subscribed Upon the basis of $500 for each widow and S1OO for each child under sixteen years of age, $175,00O will be required, At least $25,000 additional will be needed to provide, on relatively the same basis, for the aged dependents of the unmarried victims, the many now unborn children, and the undoubted accessions to the married victims list when complete information has been received.
 The committee feels that basis lower than the above will not be ade- quate to properly care for the needs of the bereaved ones, and total of $200,000 will therefore be required tc carry out the relief work on this basis
 The immediate needs of the resi- dent families are heinz amply met by the company and committee oi women from Fairmont and Monongah
 The committee begs to express Its profound gratitude for the contribu- tions already so generously made, anG to earnestly appeal for the further assistance that it feels is so badly needed
 The magnitude of this disaster k loo great for West Virginia to alone render ali the help required. It com mands national attention, and the committee feels assured that its ap peal will be heard, and responded to 7 by the nation.
 All checks should be made payable to the Monongah Mines Relief com mittee, J. E. Sands, treasurer, Fair mont w. ", and they and all casf contributions should be sent to him
 Yours very truly
 w. M. 0. Dawson, governor of Wes Virginia, chairvman.
 A. Howard Fleming, postmaster O, secretary.
 P. J Donahue, bishop of Wheeling
 John w. Mason, judge of circui court.
 w. E. Arnett, mayor of Fairmont.
 w. H. Moore, mayor of Monongah
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