Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-19 | Page 3 | Disaster Fund May be Returned

DISASTER FUND MAY BERETURNED Houghton. Mich., Jan. 19. Because of the refusal of Charles H. Moyer. president of the Western Federation of Miners, to accept the money, the $3(i, (i 00 collected from the citizens of the copper country for the relief ol families berefl by the Italian hall dis aster, on Christmas eve, may b- re i urned to the donors. The relief committee will try to distribute itu money this week, although al-though union men declare they are able to take care of the sufferers without with-out assistance. President Moyer refused re-fused to accept the money on the ground that much of it had been subscribed sub-scribed by enemies of the striking copper miners. Strikers and mine managers alike manifested Interest Id the meeting to-day to-day in Washington of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor.