The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05
Watchman Reports Seeing Ex-
pIosive Thieves at Work.
Kansas University Grid Men
Are Busting Fuel Line.
MORE AND MORE COAL our
Trainload of Six Cars Started
Away This Morning.
Guardsmen Renew Vigilance I
Prevent Track Destruction.

Pittsburg, Dec. 5.-The Dynamite
stolen from a magazine at a mine near
Franklin, Tuesday night has been
found, -t was announced here today.
The seven hundred sticks of explosive
taken were all recovered but a large
quantity of caps and fuse taken with
the dynamite has not been recovered.
A man searching for man who had
disappeared, found one case OF dyna-
mite and notified Sheriff G. c. webb.
who with deputies discovered the other
cases in the straw stacks The dis
covery was made late yesterday.
The stolen explosives were found
hidden in hay stack about n half
mile from the magazine from which
they were taken The discovery y as
1 made by officers of Crawford county
An unarmed watchman at a mine re-
ported that he saw some men cartin<
something away from tho magazine
the night of the theft
Full Production Today.
| Production from dozen strip mines
| OF this district was TO be attained to-
4 day, according to expectations OF Gov
ernor Allen and state receivers.
The weather was warmer l-t wet
ter today. Volunteer miners entered
the pits in q misty rain which covered
practically the entire coal field. Word
| was received here today that miners
4 at Hume, Mo. just across the Kansas
line, have returned to work. The
Southern Kansas Coal company's
steam shovel was said to have started
operation this morning. II has ca
pacity of two to three hundred tom
daily.
! Volunteer miners in the atrip pits OF
q a eff of I.nx- = n
weather traditions of the union min
ers and they are getting results. When
union miners peep from under heavy
blankets and murnur: THE volunteers
won't do anything today. Strip mines
never work in weather like this"
/, Well, they've got another guess COM
ing.
1 "Impossible." weather has failed to
halt the Jayhawkers and today six
cars loaded with coal were bearing re-
lief to small Kansas towns All cred
tied TO the gameness of Kansas college
students and their brother volunteers.
X. L. Miners Lead.
Today the outlook was for big in
crease 1 in production. The Carbon
mine No. 2-now known ms the TX.
W. mine-which grabbed Off" the
plums yesterday, is slated to better it's
record of three fun cars. The Wilson
mine, despite mule Strikes" prom
ises to equal and perhaps surpass its
steady production rate of one car
day. At leat two other carloads Will
be switched from the Acme mine.
| K. u. volun. ecis at Ital.ani NINE
| held up by necessity Of draining the
| pit, We're to get a start today. Rig
Tom" Pring1e. who smashed the Mis-
souri, line on Turkey day back in Law
trence, and Junk" Harriott. X. U.
game at the Italiani. They fear the
horse laugh from Carbon No. unless
coal is forthcoming today. They want
n shift to greater activity.
A total Of nine mines Will work
today.
Coal Is Delivered.
c. s. Hubert. manager of the coal
mines here for the state receivers, re-
ported tonight that since the volunteer
miners went to work in the strip pits
three days ago, six-carloads Of coal
have been produced. To this will be
added early today two carloads out OF
Carbon No. 2. near Pittsburg.
| Mines in this district now ready
for the volunteers to enter are the
Wilson Brothers, Patton Coal Co,
bon No. 2. Carbon No. 8. Fleming No.
"a g. Dean and Italiano. These are all
strip pits. but they contain an abun-
dance of coal
The first car of coal to be shipped
by the receivers was sent to Coldwater.
Yesterday carload was sent TO st.
John, one to Kiowa. and one to Lib
eral. Today a carload will be sent to
Caldwell. and one to Muscotah. These
towns all are in the southwest. except
ing Muscotah, which Is in Atchison
county in the northeast A small
quantity OF coal was delivered to a
local hospital and an emergency sup
ply to a local packing house today.
Union Miners to Work.
! There are reports of sabotage COM
mitted in some quarters last night.
One instance Is reported of parts Of
, machinery removed from mines. The
,, only known instanc of tearing up
track was at the Fleming mine. and
this was accomplished because there
were not enough guardsnen on duty
there. Today additional soldiers were
stationed there and at other mines.
Strip pit mines in this district on
the Missouri side of the state line
will be working tomorrow. One or
, more companies of Missouri national
! guardsmen have been stationed on
. that side of ithe line. One of these
Is camped at Liberal. The men who
are expected TO dig coal over there
are not members of the mine workers.
union.
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