Looks like a stick to me, still gruesome. Btw. i found some more pictures from those "Breaker Boys" at work, check this out. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/25/40/25

Looks like a stick to me, still gruesome. Btw. i found some more pictures from those "Breaker Boys" at work, check this out. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/25/40/25/254025955197cd827816dd9acdedde60.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/25/40/25/254025955197cd827816dd9ac... https://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Meetings/Scranton/Breaker%20Boys%202%20USBM.jpg https://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Meetings/Scranton/B... Identical Photos it seems, but one is retouched to remove the beating stick from the guards hands. Very telling.