Show MA DEFENSE FUND FOR ANTHRACITE MINERS i i KES AHRE Rat Ra July Juh 9 l.-A l. A national na na- defense fund to which all nil organized or- or or or- labor and the public in iii general generalS will be asked d to te contribute Is the tIre latest latent S S proposition placed on foot toot to help hell the striking anthracite coal miners If they theyS S need nce In their struggle fa for l' l 11 higher her Wages es and a shorter workday r Henry Henn White Whito oC uC New York secretary of t th the tho National N Ga Garment Workers rk rs and anda a n member of or the he he conciliation Committee of or the Civic federation had a a. long tong rr Pr Mitchell yesterday during which tho the plan was approved roved b by the miners miners' chief and Mr Nl White will at once onre b begin gin preparations lions to carry tarry out the plan plait President Mitchell wants vit It Understood 1 that the Miners MineI's union will accept Pt no aid Id until their O o II i are re exhausted j Mr Mi White came h here hc re authorized ed by several fe Iab labor Inh r organizations onn t to place the theS S il n lJ before f re President Mitchell After Artel tho the conference President Mitch Mitch- j S eH had hac nothing to say about the matter matter mat mat- f. f ter tel beyond 1 the tho brief statement that he lie S. S approved the plan Mr Mi 11 White gaveS gave out the following statement S The Tho scheme In brief contemplates th the tho concentration of or the energy n nY resources of or organized labor In behalf of ot the thc miners miners' cause a rc result which has haa never before been achieved cd It Jt Involves ol the raising of or ofa ofa orn a n given cn amount of oC money each wed with which provisions anti ant oilier othor necessaries of oC life liCe will bo lie purchased Tho rho plan haM the approval of ot President and amid it will be placed l before the executive CX council council coun coun- cil cli of ot tho American Federation of or Labor for tor or Indor Indorsement n sit t Its sessions which open at Son Francisco next weel week Mr Ir in his letter of ot approval a said galit I 1 beg bJ to say toay that your action moots meets with hearty approval nl nail and m my ray you OU Can Cansay cansay an ansay say so 50 to nt Mitchell 1 Anything which I can ii ilo do toward brIngIng about I tho tIre end cad desired will wl be cordia cordially II done lone I Of course court It l is understood that tho the enI en- en I tire tiro plan Is la contingent upon muon time tho Indian Convention of or lIne Workers Mine vot ot otIn In lug ing down u v motion for tor a general strike In that event the tho aid as which the sort soft oni miners will bo be able to render would be cut off oil n aa as It would bo ho 1 out of or the iho question to try tn to maintain tho vast ast l number who would bo be Involved The operators aro Counting Upon impo the moans means of ot the miners soon noon cx- cx hausted and anI when It l IB Is d domon demonstrated them that tho the fun funds s will wili h be forthcoming to tn to prolong the contest Indr Indeli Ii need nelc b be the 8 situation WW will be If changed chanc |