The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-16
KANSAS MINERS
BACK TO WORK IN
GUARDED MINES
Sheriff Arrests Leaders Of
Mob of Men.
Warrants Out for Chiefs of
Marching AmazOns.
ALL MINES ARE WORKING
BayOnets and Sabers Enforce
Aliens Peace Order.
HOWat Forces Making No Plans
for the Future.

Columbus, Kan, Dec. I'D. L.
Ketterman and Raney Brassart, How
at strikers, are in Jail here facing
charges of violation of the Kansas law
a march of miners on Newlands
mind at StippvilIe. north of Colum-
bus. this morning.
| Sheriff William Harvey and depu-
! ties in three motor cars were touring
the mining district in the Cherokes
county when the sheriff saw at a dis
tance the marchers. He hastened to
the mine. arrested the leaders and dis
persed the band
State Exacts Penalty.
! Franklin. Kan, Dec. 16.-Backed
/ by the steel bayonets and cavalry sa-
| bers of state troopers, the law began
! today to exact its penalty for the riot
ing in the Kansas coal fields.
! Sheriff Milt Gould and his deputies
! at noon began serving between 500
and 500 warrants on members of the
| Amazon army" in this district the
stronghold of the militant women
/ marchers.
The new Jail. recently built here.
will hold but sixty women Sheriff
Gould stated, however that the ar
rests today will no more than fill the
Jail. Additional quarters for prisoners
will be ready by the time he serves
| the remainder of the warrants.
District Is Quiet
Quiet reigned thruout the district
Under protection of the troops, maiy
mines which We're closed down by the
Amazon marchers in their three-dav
| offensive" were reported working
again.
The women today were not making
plans for further marches against the
| mines, which are admitted to be op-
Grating.
Troops stood ,.bout the shafts where
coal was being dug. The guardsmen
-sa bered and with side arms strapp II
in place. paced up and down in front
OF the upples and pit entrances
At II o'clock every m ne -operafiney
in the field reported everything
quiet"
LieuterRnts of Howat were silent as
to future plans.
'Howat has depIored the action ~
/ the women Jock Fleming first
aide to the imprisoned mine leader,
said. He has put himself on record
as against the so-called Amazon army.
me women may obey Howat's wish
and refrain from further attacks"
Mines No. As. As and 81 of the Cen
! tral Coal & Coke company were oper-
! ating this morning, No. 48 with tflir-
| ty-two men out of a peace time" nor
NAL Of about 200; No. Il with about
! fifty men and a normal capacity of
$50 and No. 45 with about the same
| number as No. 4S. Jackson-Walker
1 mine No. Z reported between thirty
and forty workers. one hundred were
working there before this weeks OUT
| break.
Cavalrymen frora Coffeyville were
J called on during the night to guard
two Central Coal & Coke company
! mines. 1t was reported that interfer-
cnce with the fan belt at No. 81 by
outsiders caused trouble until the sol
diers went on duty, when there was
no further effort at molestation.
Governor AIlcn's orders.
Upon direct orders of Governor
Henry J. Allen. between 500 and 600
! warra were prepared thruOut the
night by Richard J. Hopkins, state at
| torney general, and c. A. Burnett,
/ Crawford county prosecutor.
! The warrants cnarge assault and
battery" ''rioting," disturbing the
/ peace" and destruction of property
But one arrest had been made at
1 o'clock, however Charles Stewart,
! striking miner, was in Jail at Girard,
the county seat, on charge of assault
ing a strikebreaker. Stewart was cap
! tured within a few feet of the Missouri
state line in a running revolver bat
] tie with sheriffs deputies.
Leaders Ordered Arrested.
! Disturbers and ag.tators who as
sumed leadership in the Crawford
( county strike have been ordered ar
rested by Governor Allen. Included
in the men and women to be taken
into custody are several persons on
parole from the state penitentlary
and a number Of aliens.
The governor has ordered rigid en-
forcement of the law in the mining
camps and additional troops wiz be
sent to the field if necessary. Several
arrests have been made since national
guard troops were sent to police the
mining camps. other arrests will fol-
low.
! It is probable the attorney general
will remain in Pittsburg several days
under orders from the governor Ha
was sent to the mining district after
a conference with Al F. Williams.
/ United States district attorney. and c.
A. Burnett. county attorney Of Craw-
ford county. Governor Allen assert
ed that conditions in the district JUS
titled the calling OF troops.
ITO maintain law and order" he
said. every able bodied man In the
state win be deputized If necessary
No definite announcement has been
made by Governor Allen relative 70
plans to direct activities of state af.
fairs from the scene Of the mine war.