New-York tribune., 1919-12-01
Volunteers, 800 Strong,
Start for Pits on Spe-
cial Trains After Jubi-
liant Parade in Streets
1900 Troops Ready
To Guard Workers
All Classes Eager to Aid
in Movement to Pro-
vide Fuel for Families
Special Correspondence

Niuc Tlle1 KOr dI111IlcS
Special CORES pondence
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 30.-Eight hun
dred volunteer mine workers left
Kansas towns tonight on trains which
carried the 4th Regiment Of National
Guards to the ittsburgh coal fields
The volunteer army will begin produc-
ing coal tomorrow morning under
guard by 500 soldiers from state and
Federal military organizations. Gov
ernor Allen and state mine plant re-
workers will Join the volunteers in
producing coal for needy consumers.
onstrations similar to those
which marked tho departure of troop
trains during the war period featured
the movement OF troops and volun-
teer workers. Special trains left To
peka. Atchison. Wichita and Emporia
for the mining camps. They picked up
troops and workers Ell route. More
than six thousand volunteers. who have
not already been called to pick and
shovel service in the strip mines, await
calls by the Governor.
Federal Troops Reach Mines
1t is probable that a. least 900 ad-
ditional workers will be taken TO the
mines Monday and Tuesday nights.
Government troops under command of
General Leonard Wood arrived in the
mining camps this morning. Leaders
among the mine workers arc said to
have advised union men against dis
turbances. The leaders have boasted
that Governor Aliens plan viii not get
coal. The Governor has asserted the
spirit end determination Of his Volun-
teers will Offset the practical hnowl-
edge OF union workers.
Troopers and volunteers paradcd a
darkened Kansas Avenue before the
first special train left Topeka tonight
Virtually the entire state is under rigid
fuel conservation regulations. Many
of the workers, as we'll as state troop
crs. came from homes whore empty
coal bins are being scraped Their an
tagonlsm TO the men who quit The
mines wa "oiccd in sonos and yells
NIaAy Students Volunteer
Among the first volunteers to leave
for the mines We're many students from
the State Agricultural College. Kansas
University and Washburn College. A
score Of Indians from Haskell lnsti-
tute also left for the coal fields. All
Of the students Will receive credits
while in the mines The state Will pay
So q day wage. Many men from the
farms, number Of experienced steam
shovel and crane men from construc-
ton crews and at least fifty practical
miners were in the first squads select
ed for service.
All day crowds stood in the corridors
Of the State House awaiting issuance
OF transportation or q chance to enlist
tor the next Shipment Of workers. The
ma jority Of the volunteers were hard
ened outdoor workers. although many
offers OF the enlistment came from
professional and office men who have
felt the effects of the fuel famine
Personal outfits for the volunteers
viii be supplied from funds by civic
organizations. The subscription cam
paign was launched by the Topeka
Chamber of Commerce and already
amounts TO several thousand dollars.
Unionist Tears Up Card
Opposition to the striking miners
frequently was expressed. Frucis NJ.
German. a union miner. tore up his
rnion card as he offered his services
to the state. He explained he wanted
to work to provide coal for his family
which is in Wyoming without fuel.
Governor Allen probably will 90 to
the coal MINES with one OF the special
trains Monday night. Volunteers at
various enlistment stations were being
tabulated tonight They are estimated
to have totaled 1000.
Spec,di Corresp pondcnco
PITTSBURGH, Kan. Nov 30.-The
coal situation has resolved itself into
a finish fight between the miners and
the operators, Alexander Howat, plesi-
dent of the Kansas miners, announced
to-day
"The Kansas miners fought once be-
fore for four years to establish the
United Mine W orkers of America in
the state,' he said, and if it becomes
necessary they will light four years
more. We will fight it out until de-
cent and honorable settlement can be
obtained for the members of the or
ganization."
All men who come to work in the
Kansas field will be regarded as strike
breakers, Howat says.
No orders asking the miners to
maintain order and remain away from
the strip pits" where Governor
Aliens men will begin working to-
morrow will be issued by Howat.
Not one of the Kansas miners will
return under the Garfield IA per cen,
wage increase. he said and the action
of Governor Allen will serve only to
make the miners more determined. The
100, 900 anthracite miners in Pennsyl-
vana are expected to cease work with
in the next>two days, Howat said.
Germans to Quit Lithuania
BERLIN, Nov 30-An armistice
stipuating the immediate evacuation OF