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Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen writes to Clyde Reed, secretary to the Governor, of Topeka, telling him he has received a telegram from Cyrus Duly, Mayor of Preston, Kansas. The governor tells Mr. Reed "we are supposed to have a direct telegraph line in here, and I don't understand why this morning we received no list". Lists of communities needing coal and coal deliveries caused frequent correspondence between the governor's office, Secretary Reed, communities in need, and the court appointed receivers. State takeover of the southeast Kansas coal fields began November 1919 due to a labor strike. During this period, shipments were delayed and often refused.
Creator: Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
Date: December 8, 1919
Item Number: 212396
Call Number: Governor's Papers, Allen, Correspondence--Subject File, Coal Matters, Box 7 Folder Governor H. J. Allen
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212396
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Collections - Library
Date - 1910s - 1919
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Allen, Henry Justin
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
Places - Cities and towns - Preston
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Pratt
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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