The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-15
HUNDRED CARS
PROMISED TODAY
BY UNION MINERS
Practically Every Coal Mine in
Kansas Is Working.
Volunteers Paid Off and on Way
to Homes.
All TR00PS REhDY TN IFAVF
ILL TROOPS READY TO LEAVE
May Be Wednesday Before State
Guardsmen Can Leave.
Total Pay Roll for Amateur
Miners Was 100000.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 15.-Practical-
/ " every mine in the Kansas coal
| fields was either in operation today
or being prepared for operation. Re-
ports to the offices of the receivers
| for the state and to miners headquar-
| ters showed a full response to the call
| for work, in accordance with the set
| tlement of the strike reached here
| Friday night by Governor Allen and
| the miners representatives. At the
| offices of the receivers it was said that
probably 100 cars of coal would BE-
loaded today.
| All the Fourth regiment, Kansas
| National Guard, that has been serving
| in details thruout the district, is in
Pittsburg tonight. 1t probably will
4 not entrain before Wednesday night,
Col P. NJ. Hoisington, commander.
said. The regulars also are awaiting
orders for entrainment.
All the volunteers have been brought
| in from the mines except the carpen-
ters who have been erecting mess
shelters at the mines. and dog watch"
/ firemen, who will remain at their
posts until union men take their places
| tomorrow Volunteer workers have
been leaving n continuous stream.
! The receivers kept their office open
until after midnight Saturday night.
SO the volunteers could draw their
money and get home without loss of
time. The last crew. at the Menghini
mines, was paid off yesterday after
noon.
| Pay Roll Will Total 5000
| When the payment of volunteers is
completed the total will run close to
$50. 900, according to receivership esti-
| mates, Pay drawn by volunteers who
were paid off Saturday and Sunday
ranged from $40 to 500 a man. Those
! drawing the larger sum had been at
/ 1,o fvUn
| Yesterday the Reliance shovel mine
was operated. but that was the only
production activity in mines thruout
the district. both shovels and deep
mines However, many men were at
work gettings- things in readiness for
full operation today. There are sew
eral deep mines, any one of which can
produce as much coal in day as the
! combined daily output of the surface
mines operated by volunteers.
With the passing of the industrial
| crisis, James Sherwood, state mine in
! spector, today began an intensive drive
against another phase of mining diff
| Guilty This is the season when the
! danger of explosions is greatest, and
that peril is greatly increased by deep
mines having been closed month and
| a half Sherwood called all the deputy
| inspectors into conference yesterday
! for a preventive, drive against explo-
| sions and foremen at all mines were
, against explosions. Care In sprinkling
the dry and dusty mines and in the
! preparation and firing of shots is be-
| ing urged on the miners by the inspec-
| ton department.
To Negotiate Settlement
Pres. Alexander Howat, of the mine
| workers, and Ira Clemens. of the oper-
ators, appointed by Governor Allen to
| try to effect settlement of the strike
| of miners of the Central Coal 6, Coke
/
mines under leases from the Central.
which went into effect July Is. will
[ meet early next week. possibly Mon
| day, to begin negotiations. This strike
| involves 1900 men, almost ene-eighth
of the entire district. 1t was not af-
fected by the general arrangement be-
tween Howat and Governor Allen
under which the union men resume
! work.
| The senate coal committee met to-
day to determine future plans as to
its investigation of the circumsta noes
| surrounding the Indianapolis agree
! ment which 1t began on Saturday with
| former Fuel Administrator Garfield as
the first witness. Chairman Freyiing-
| huysen plans to call Attorney General
Palmer later this week.
It was indicated at the White House
| today that the commission which is TO
investigate the coal industry with
view to adjusting wages and prices
!
| had carried ont their agreement to
return to work.
/ The volunteers who dug coal in the
Kansas strip pits the first two weeks
| of December loaded 165 cars contain
ing s255 tons, O. S. Hubert. general
manager for the state receivers an
nounced this afternoon.
| The central miners. 1.600 strong in
Kansas, will not return to work until
Ira Clemens. representing the opera
ttors, and Alexander Hovat, represent
| ing the miners. adjust the differences.
Clemens and Howat were named by
| Governor Allen Friday night to make
a settlement of that strike and given
| fifteen days to make a report to the
governor.
Des Moines, Ia. Dec. 15.-Practi-
cally full forces were at work in Iowa
coal mines early reports today indi-
! Gated. Normal production is predicted
/ within a few days.
! In Dallas county, where 1t was re-
| ported TO Governor Harding foreign
| born miners had threatened and pre-
/ vented American miners from return
| ing to work last week, no further dis
turbances were reported.
Columbus. Ohio. Dec. 15.-It was
predicted by John Moore. president of
| the Ohio L. NJ W. A. that practically
all of the $4,000 union miners of this
state will have returned to the pits by
! tonight.
indianapolis. Dec. 15.-Operation of
mines i'll Indiana on practically nor
NAL basis this morning was predicted
by operators and miners and officials
of the state. kilograms received at
headquarters of the L. NJ. ". A. here
! indicated that the few workers re