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Show BUTTE IBS SE1 PICITOIffllGl OALUMBT, Mich., Sept. 13.-.John A, Moffit, sent hero by Secretary Wilson of the federal department of" labor to ofTcr mediation in the copper mineri' strike, arrived today and tomorrow will co.nt?r ,lLh 1rusi(lont Oharlcs Mover ol the Western Federation of Minors He also will confer with reprcfienlv tives of the operators, and hopes io bring the conteudiiiK factions together in conterenco. John B. Lennon, treasurer of the American Federation of Lahor ad-dressed ad-dressed a mass meeting of 1200 sinkers at 11 ouch ton this afternoon. He declared de-clared that so long as the striko lasted not a man, woman or child among the strikers would suiter for food, clothing cloth-ing or fuel, as organized labor was fully prepared to administer to their wants. , Tomorrow a mass meeting of I he strikers of the entire district will be held in Calumet, at which Mr, Lennon Len-non -will speak. The Butte minors' union has sent fourteen thousand dollars to the strikers, strik-ers, making Butto's total contribution so far $21,000. The six deputy sheriffs, charged with tho murder of two strikers at Scober-villc, Scober-villc, near the Champion mine, on Ait- street and iISt SB |