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Show Bishop Scanlan's Sympathy for the I Scofield Unfortunates The terrible calamity that has fallen upon the poor people' of Scofield. al-tliough al-tliough app.-illing in itself and wide-j wide-j . ;j chinar in its woful consequences, ie ii"t, however, without its wholesome esrf.cs and good effects. It will KTve to teach )he owners and workers of coal mines, however careful they may ' h;.ve been in the past ,to redouble their c;.rj and watchfulness in the future, i.ii'l to employ every best means known to .science and cxporkneo to make im- possible a repetition of Tuesday's hor- j ytr, at least on so large a ecale. It j may be, too, that this hecahnnb of hu-joaii hu-joaii lives offered at the shrine of capital cap-ital amid the tears and lamentations of h Ipless widows and fatherless ehil-J ehil-J j- li. may touch 'and soften its' heart. to that it may, at last, realize how much :t mvre to labor and the great satrifiees that the latter has. Sometimes, Some-times, to make in oner to serve the former and promote its growth and in-1 in-1 1 rest-. ThM thought, too, may lead not only i-oa!, but other companies or j oorpiratioiis to trial more justly, con- nid-rately and kindly those of their i ll.o men who, by leasoii of their oirt iimi.mees, are obliged to work for il.t m. and by whose labor, sweat and oci ldood tiny are being enriched. Tin n. a. ain, this teir:!ic disaster at S oli' Id should teach iiis how much we all are indi-btcd to thof-e brave men vhn him ( nd. day after day and night aft;' night, into those black, hideous tit!!L-H.t!S' of the earth. there to delve and dig. in order that they may hon-e.-t'y win bread for themri-. Ives and Ilieir lani.'i.s. and, at he t-ame time, ket p us from iieezing to death in win-v win-v r. Tiow few- tlv re are who. whiie sat-,.1 sat-,.1 In fore the blazing Krate. rellect that the coal therein ablaze has been, probably, prob-ably, watered by the tears and sweat of their fellow creatures, and that the comfort and cheerfullness they o much enjoy have come to them through, perhaps, per-haps, the blood and sacrifice of human lives. Calamaties on a broad scale, like that of Scofield, have also their good effects. They bring us all closer to one another. They touch and stir un and soften the) heart of the most selfish self-ish and greedy, and develop the grand and noble instincts of generosity, sym pathy, compassion and charity in an; ; a: the present disaster has so mani-i mani-i festly accomplished, as is evidenced by J the very liberal and cheerful manner J in which the people of Salt Lake and of the State, at large have contributed J to the relief of tho bereaved and suf- fering. What an encouragement this j is to the poor workingmen and their ' families of this State! When people of other places will hear of the noble and charitable actions of the citizens ! of this. State then' will exclaim, "Utah is the State for a poor workingman to live in!" It is very rrobable that this disaster at Scolield has left some orphans or ! otherwise, homeless children. If pa, I wish to inform tho people of Scofield that the doors of St. Ann's institution, however small at present, are wide I open to fill such, to the full extent of j its capacity: and that, in the course of a few weeks, the new Kearns St. Ann's, pi evidentially founded by & noble lady, to meet such contingencies, will be ready for occupancy, and then there will be room, comfort and welcome wel-come for all. L. SCAN LAX, i:ishoi of Salt Lake. . |