Work of Relief for Destitute Widows and
Orphans
No sooner had
the Salt Lake dailies heard of the disaster, and knowing well
the condition of laboring men's families when the Bread Winners
are taken away, called for relief, which has since been of such
benefit to the families of the deceased, that they and their
relatives cannot find words to express their thankfulness to
everyone who has assisted them in their hour of desolation and
need.
Treasurer A.
L. Thomas, of the Salt Lake Relief Committee, announced the
following places where funds for the Scofield sufferers would be
received and where the subscription papers bearing the signature
of the treasurer would be placed.
1. Wells, Fargo & Co.
2. W. S. McCornick & Co.
3. Deseret National Bank.
4. National Bank of the
Republic
5. Walker Brothers' Bank.
6. Z. C. M. I.
7. State Bank of Utah.
8. Zion's Savings Bank and
Trust Co.
9. Utah National Bank.
10. Bank of Commerce.
11. Commercial National Bank.
12. T. R. Jones & Co.
13. Utah Commercial and
Savings Bank.
14. Utah Savings and Trust
Co.
15. F. Auerbach & Brother.
16. Walker Brothers Dry Goods
Co.
17. R. K. Thomas & Co.
18. Cutler Bros. Company.
19. Clark, Eldredge & Co.
20. Georg M. Scott-Strevell
Hardware Co.
21. Salt Lake Hardware Co.
22. Utah Stove and Hardware
Co.
23. Knutsford Hotel.
24. Kenyon Hotel.
25. Cullen Hotel.
26. White House.
27. Cunnington Co.
28. Consolidated Implement
Co.
29. Studebaker Brothers Co.
30. Cooperative Wagon and
Machine Co.
31. Utah Implement Co.
32. Trent Engineering and
Machinery Co.
33. The Mine and Smelter
Supply Co.
34. Alta Club. |
35. University Club.
36. George Q. Cannon and Sons
Co.
37. Calloway, Hoock, and
Francis.
38. Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Co.
39. Oregon Short Line
Officers.
40. Rio Grande Officers.
41. Coop Furniture Co.
42. Henry Dinwoody Furniture
Co.
43. P. W. Madsen.
44. National Biscuit Company.
45. Geo. Mullet and Co.
46. J. P. Gardner and Co.
47. Siegel Clothing Co.
48. Salt Lake City Brewing
Co.
49. Henry Wagner Brewing Co.
50. A Fisher Brewing Co.
51. Barton and Co.
52. S. P. Teasdale and Co.
53. E. M. Friedman and Co.
54. E. O. Reilley.
55. Bamburger Coal Co.
56. Citizens Coal Co.
57. Diamond Coal Co.
58. F. W. Hanson Produce Co.
59. C. R. Savage.
60. New York Cash Store.
61. Nelden Judson Drug Co.
62. L. and A. Cohn.
63. Lace House.
64. Freed Furniture Co.
65, D. L. Davis.
66. Mayor's Office.
67. Salt Lake City Post
office. |
Never before
in the annals of history did the people of the United States
answer to a call of distress with more alacrity than did the
people of Utah, and in fact all of the States, respond to the
appeal for help for the widows and children of the miners killed
at Number Four. Many of the families had been left without any
support and the funds that were so generously contributed will
be of great help to them in their distress.
Governor Wells Appeal
Governor
Wells issued this proclamation: "The appalling effects of the
explosion which occurred in the Winter Quarters coal mine, on
the first of May have stunned our commonwealth with horror and
plunged all our citizens in deepest grief. Of some 300 men who
went into the mine on that fatal morning more than 225 at this
hour have been brought to the surface dead, while the search for
and recovery of others certain to have perished is still going
on. A disaster so awful staggers comprehension. It has fallen
upon the community like a deadly pall. It is a shock that blows
the spirit of those most easily moved and chills with sickening
gloom, the stoutest hearts. In the sympathy which swells from
every soul in the civilized world toward us in this hour of
supernal sorrow, there is also a prompt and generous tender of
material aid and comfort from the public spirited citizens of
our state toward the families suddenly and cruelly bereaved. The
readiness and magnanimity with which these offers of assistance
have been made are at once creditable and characteristic. But in
the presence of a mortality so enormous the means already
subscribed, though reaching many thousands of dollars, can but
suffice for the needs of the moment. To the paralyzing sadness
which enshrouds the widows and orphans there cannot be added,
doubt or despair as to the means of satisfying daily wants.
The
consolation that sooths and binds up the bleeding heart, must
come from a higher source. Let ours be the duty to administer
human succor till every afflicted one shall have passed safely
through this period of crushing distress.
It is
therefore most earnestly enjoined upon all who have thus far
interested themselves in this direction and upon all the people
of the State to continue without relaxation the work of relief
so well begun. It is improbable that the actual needs of the
bereaved families will fall in any measure short of the aid that
can be extended. All mayors of cities and presidents of town
boards throughout the State should immediately take steps, where
this has not already been done, to have the work of collection
performed in a thorough and systematic manner. It is suggested
that this be done by the appointment of trustworthy and
energetic committees who will conduct the canvass among their
fellow citizens, either for money or supplies.
And with a
view to establishing a responsible central repository for the
fund so collected and providing a competent and equitable method
of distribution to the sufferers, I, Heber M; Wells, Governor of
Utah, reposing special trust and confidence in the following
named citizens, do hereby appoint them a central relief
committee, requesting them to receive all contributions that
have been or shall hereafter be made, and to apportion and
distribute the same to those entitled to receive them, as their
best judgment may dictate: J. T. Hammond, Ezra Thompson, E. W.
Wilson, of Salt Lake City; Lafayette Holbrook, Provo; John
Jones, Spanish Fork; O. G. Kimball and T. J. Parmley, Scofield.
In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of
the State to be hereunto affixed, this 3rd day of May, A. D.
1900.
Heber M.
Wells, Governor.
By the
Governor:
J. T. Hammond, Secretary of State
Index
Source: History of the Scofield Mine
Disaster, by J. W. Dilley, The Skelton Pub. Co., Provo, Utah,
1900.
Editors Note: The I.. O. O. F. were very active in raising
money for the benefit of the widows and children along with the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This information is
included for historical value, it does not mean the people of
this project support these institutions.
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