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C. D. Sample and B. S. Gaitskill, court appointed receivers during the state takeover of the southeast Kansas coal fields, telegram Clyde Reed, secretary to Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen, of Topeka, requesting engineers to operate steam shovels. The state has called on volunteers to take the place of mine workers who refused to return to work after the state takeover of the mines. Many workers volunteering to help during this time were inexperienced. This caused delays in coal operations and deterioration in some of the mine fields.
Creator: Sample C.D.
Date: December 10, 1919
Item Number: 212385
Call Number: Governor's Papers, Allen, Correspondence--Subject File, Coal Matters, Box 7 Folder Governor H.J. Allen
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212385
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Allen, Henry Justin
Date - 1910s - 1919
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - State Government - Courts
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Allen, Henry Justin
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
People - Notable Kansans - Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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