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In this telegram, B. S. Gaitskill and C. D. Sample, court appointed receivers, tell Clyde Reed, secretary to Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen, of Topeka, of the following places where shipments of coal have gone. Coal mine operations in southeast Kansas stopped due to labor strikes and the state took control of the mines. Volunteers carried out the day-to-day work. During this period, court appointed receivers directed all activities.
Creator: Gaitskill, B.S.
Date: December 6, 1919
Item Number: 212386
Call Number: Governor's Records, Allen, Correspondence--Subject File, Box 7 Folder Governor H.J. Allen
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212386
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Telegrams
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