| Show THE CHILDREN OF THE I DEAD MINERS The disaster at Cherry Cherr Illinois Is Isan I an ImpressIve lesson of the ango ou calling of a coal minor The dIspatches state that thal 1000 orphans are aro left in destitute circumstances and aud aid must bo be extended from the out outside side she If want and suffering are to bo be guarded agaInst These many appeals to Lo a generou people for help a cause an indifferent ferent response not because there I is Jack of fine fino sentiment and aud willingness to give Ie but there thore Is alwa always s present the feeling that some one elso ciso will do dothe time the giving The men mell who accept the thc risk o of tug coal ip in the depths o of the earth should ho be gIven some assurance that It Ir dl disaster aster thorn thom those de ou on them will bo be cared carell f for forre r We re believe c with Theodore Roosevelt that any business of oC danger should be made to carry the risk or of ortho the tho trade that coal companies should be obligated to ay to time the widows widow arid and orphans n a sum large enough to keep them free ret from rein hunger om 01 time the na national or the tho state should take talo the responsibIlity of extendIng help belp to the bereaved families It Is a sad feature of oC these recur recurring ring mine calamities that the very 01 exIstence or of the little helpless chil children dren rests on the abIlity of some disposed person or persons to win for them time the charity or of a geno benc Otis OUs people |
