The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
Mine Leader Stripped of Ar
rogance in Strike Settlement.
Submissive and Subdued as He
Capitulates to Allen.
STATE TO CONTINUE CONTROL
Union Men Work in Field With
Volunteers Today.
Six Hundred Cars Ready for
Shipment Monday Night.

Only when his throne tottered and
threatened to fall did Alexander
Howat, head of the mine workers
union in the Kansas district. surren-
der and order his men back to work.
That was the report which came to
The state house today following the
signing of an agreement by How
at, the state receivers and Cover
nor Allen. 1t was the demand of the
mine workers of the district, backed
by a public sentiment that demanded
prompt action which forced Howats
submission.
The fight which Governor Allen
made. to provide coal for a suffering
people ended Friday night when
HoWat, as president of the mine work.
ers union for district IA, signed his
lname to an agreement which returned
the men to their jobs this morning.
1t was a somewhat submissive AMI
rather subdued' Alexander Howat who
signed the agreement. There was
none of the glib display of freedom
and open insolence which Character
lied earlier action by the district
president and his lieutenants. once
Howat had wired that possibly Allen
wanted COAL but he didn't. At the
final peace conference. tho, Howat
was almost inclined to the belief that
possibly the public wanted coal and
in all fairness their demands should
be considered.
Union Break Threatened.
Threats of an open breach are said
to have come from the men when IL
was feared for a time that Howat
would hold out against union coal pro-
duction under the state receivership.
| Under the contract signed by the dis
/ trict leader. the state will continue In
| full control of operation. Such action
was openly defied in the district a few
weeks ago when Receiver Titus re-
signed as representative of the union
workers and refused to serve the state.
| Titus advised Governor Allen that his
first duty was to his union-later he
might show some degree OF RESPONSE
| bility to his state and government.
This morning both union and volun-
] teer workers began the production OF
/ coal in the Cherokee Crawford county
4 district. Governor Allen left the field
shortly before noon today and will ar
rive in Topeka tonight. He has been
| in the field two weeks.
Another point in the union decree
was stretched when the union men to
day dug coal in the same field where
the governor volunteer workers were
engaged. By early next week all the
volunteers will be sent home and most
of the troops may leave the field in a
| few days Arrangements are already
being made for withdrawal OF federal
troops
$4,000 Tons by Monday.
Receiver Sample today notified
Clyde NJ. Reed, private secretary to
! Governor Allen, that 600 cars of coal
would be ready for shipment TO Kan
sas towns Monday night. The fuel
supply will be distributed by the state
for several days in an effort to effec-
tualIy relieve conditions in various
towns and to restore domestic and in
dustrial fuel supplies to normal.
! Early next week a representative
from the regional fuel administrator =
office in Chicago will come to Topeka
to aid in the distribution of the Kan
sas output. Notice of such arrange
| ment was made from Governor Aliens
office today following an exchange OF
kilograms with Hale Holden. regional
| director.
Union miners will work Sunday. ac-
cording to announcement today, and
efforts will be made by the state re-
| ceivers to speed up production State
officials today expressed the BELIEF
that the fuel famine in practically all
Kansas towns would be relieved early
next week No date has been fired for
dissolution of the state receivership OK
80.