New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
Kansas Miners
Strike Beaten.
Asserts Allen
Volunteers Start Coal to
Empty Bins of State:
Strip Pits Are Operated
Under Military Contro!
Special CorrcsDo,adenc

ffS'pFtNc7tCD
TOPEKA Kan, Dec. 1-Governor
Allen declared the State of Kansas had
won its battle for coal when reports
we're received at the State House late
tonight that seven strip mines in the
Pittsburgh field had been opened to-day
by the volunteer army. An hour late. !.
the Governor left on a special train
carrying GOO additional workers who
tomorrow will begin digging coal for
the state. Many coal veins which have
not been opened for commercial use
VIII be worked by the state, the Coy
crnor declared
Military control in mine fields Of
Crawford and Cherokee counties was
declared at noon by Colonel p. NJ
HoiSinet9n, commanding the An Regi-
ment of the Kansas National Guard.
Agitators Blamed for Wreck
Special trains carrying National
huardsmen and the first army Of vol
unteer worker arrived in Pittsburgh
late this morning. One train was de
iayed when strike sympalhizcrs at
tempted to burn bridge i second
train was wrecked at Humboldt. and
light of the twelve coaches left the
rails. Charles |. Martin, adJutaMt gen
orAl. was abe / the train. In tcle-
phone message to Governor Allen he
SAID, IN his opinion, the train Was
wrecked by agltators OF strike sym
pathi1erS
Fears of disorders and riots were
expressed in messages from Pittsburgh
ana the mining camps to~tay Several
hundred alleged Reds llve in the
rankin district, and ii is IN this To-
calty that 6 neral Leonard Wood has
stationed 4 larse number Of regulars
Tonight Governor Allen sent three
hundred former service mon from lnc
state university and agricultural co..
legc to the coai fields under commits
sion as deputy sheriiis. Virtually all
OF the men Wore their service uni
forms.
., 100 Troops in Service
In addition to the overseas men the
Governor called into service 900 cav
airy from the National Guard Troop
movements TO the mining camps now
number more than 400. Volunteer
workers III three shifts will keep the
mines running twenty-iour hours a
day.
We viii break all production records
III tHc Sttlp pil UvlCS, NONcrNOr Allen
asserted before he departed.
John II. Crawford, State Labor Com
missioner, who directed the movement
o mine workers, graders and steam
shoYel men TO the mines, asserted large
numbers Of union men have volun-
teered. In the Usage County Ac.ds the
union men were declared to have
broken away from the leadership OF Al
eXaAder Howat, president Of the Mime
Workers. Union
Many of tie workers are members Of
the American Legion, and ,o-day
marched up the main street Of Pits
burgh wearing trench coats and n fire.
quent cases, decorations for special
sert ice a the front.
Governor Allen stated to-High. that
coal produced under the state receiver
ship would be sold al prices N eNlst-
ence before the strike He is expected
10 cal! special session OF tne Lrg.s-
latuic III a icw weeks. a tha. 'iln4 1T
is believed the Governor VIII urga the
creation Of an industrial court 20 set
tie wage differences and make Illegal
albitr.l. .trlkes IN essentlai indus
tries.
Every section of the state is feeling
the effect OF the coal shortage Many
industries are closed and public utl-
ties are on the verge Of compulsory
suspension of business. The situation
has driven men and women from almost
every town in Kansas TO volunteer for
some form Of service.
Liberty Bond--s5O. 500. $500. ST 600