The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-06
Gov. Aliens Coal SINGERS Ex-
pect Peak Production Today.
Have Dug and Shipped Four
teen Cars So Far.
RACE WITH MISSOURI NOW
Across State Line Returned
Union Miners Setting Pace.
Many Small Accidents Have
Delayed Volunteer Crews.

Pittsburg. Kan, Dec. Saturday
is no holiday in Kansas strip mines.
Rather, Governor Aliens coal singers
are expected to reach the peak of pro-
duction today for the first week of vol
unteer operation.
Despite the hard luck" that has in
terfered with operations at several
mines, ten strip pits will produce
chunks of glistening fuel today, ac-
cOrding to Superintendent o. s. HUI
bert. Until repairs are effected, pro-
badly the middle of next week. no
other mines can be worked. Crews
have been assigned to sixteen mines
and are now wGiting for the steam
shovels to be put in condition.
Across the line in Missouri indica-
Sfons were today that sIrip pits will
be in shape 20 receive volunteer miners
by Monday. State officials are ar
ranging quarters for workers and ex-
amining and invoicing the mines. This
work is expected to be completed sun
day
Total Production ii Cars.
The Kansas receivers report that IA
car loads of coal have been mined and
shipped since the states miners began
work in this district this week.
From other sources, it is unoffi-
cially reported that m addition to the
carload reported shipped py the re-
ceivers, there have been three cars
loaded and four cars ready to load.
This Would make a total production
of 81 carloads.
The receivers report that seven car
loads were produced yesterday. TheSe
were sent to Seneca, Centralia, Clear
water. Huron, Ports, Logan and Leon
Six other towns haVe received a ship
neut of one caklod<1 each from pro-
duction The fourteenth car was sent
10 a local packing plant which is sup
plying meat to the volunteers ana
troops.
The ''diggers'' opened pit at Su-
perior, yesterday. producing two car
loads. The Kansas Agg1e students
produced four carloads at Carbon NO
2 and the Washburn students two
cars at Carbon No. l. The rest Of the
run was produced by mixed crews
Spitscaufski, the Kansas City rail-
road contractor, arrived with q crew
and machinery today and will open a
Dit tomorrow att CoalvaIe, in the north
end of Crawford county, near Null
berry. Other shallow puts also Will
be opened early next week.
New crews were set to work at the
''D and H. mine, Coalvale, Mengehtt,
and Constantine. There are 15-state
camps now established in the dis
trict.
A corps of capable physicians of ex-
perience are on the job. Governor Al
len says the health of the men is good
and the morale perfect
A cage broke down at Fleming. but
soon was repaired. One also broke at
Wilson and it had not been repaired
at Z o'clock last night. At Acme there
was a small accident, but the damage
soon was repaired.
Thruout the district there were in
consequential accidents but no more
than regular miners have the year
round.
NIissourinns Set Pace.
Hume. Mo-, Dec. 6.-Thirty union
miners were nearing the two hundred
tons daily capacity of the Southern
Kansas Coal companys mine here to-
day.
But now the riddle-who will get
the coal? Allen or Gardner?
Steam shovel and loading of pit cars
in Kansas But the tipple and offices
of the company are in Missouri.