The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-03
BROKE ALL RECORDS.

The Great Mass Meeting of Miners In the
Pittsburgh Disirict n Pronounced sue-
cess-5, 900 strikers listen 20 FsrFid
oratory and Disappointed Those who
Expected Dlsoriler--A Peaceful Warfare
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Aug. 2.-Thc
striking miners have broken all records
both as to numbers attending their
mass meetings and the excellent order
and law-abIdlng behavior they have ex-
hlblted. Too much praise cannot be
given the strikers for this latter condi-
tlon. They have been subject to the
control OF leaders, who, prohtlng by for
mer experience. have so forclbly In
stIlled into the minds OF their followers
the stupidity Of law breaking, that the
peaceful attitude and actions OF the
strikers have been source OF wonder
TO all the prophets who have from day
10 day predicted dire happenings. II is
conceded by all that In former times
under similar circumstances riot and
bloodshed would have resulted long ago
from the conditions under which the
miners have been placed during this
strike.
1t is the hope OF all wen wlshers OF the
strikers that this peaceful warfare Will
continue throughout and until the con-
test is settled definitely,
The mass meeting OF miners at the
MCCrea school house to-day was the
greatest during the strike, and probably
the largest gathering OF the kind ever
seen in Allegheny county. More than
5000 striking miners were gathered for
an all day session, and labor leaders
harangued them In various tones, while
bands OF music served TO stir up the en-
thusiasm to the highest pitch. From
early morning miners OF every national
ity were gathering at the school house.
They came In big bands and small ones,
but the one that set the camp wild with
enthusiasm arrived at 1925 this morn
Ing from Turtle Creek. II consisted Of
1,Cc0 miners from the camp. and when
they came in sight there was such
cheering as has not been heard since
the strike started.
Bands Playing aud banners II yinR.
They came down to the camp at the
school house with bands playing stir
ring nlrB and banners waving in the
breeze. Cheer after cheer went up
from the camp ana the marchers re-
turned them with a will. When the min
ers OF the two parties met there were
some wild scenes. Men rushed around
shaking hands, shouting and even em-
hraclng each other. The crowd that
had gathered was 10 mucn larger than
the men had anticipated that they were
Wild with Joy, and drunken on success.
A few minutes after the arrival OF
the Turtle Creek division, the speakers
arrived In carriage. They We're: VI.
T. CHffiek, president Of the painters
and decorators union; w. A. Carney,
vice president OF the Amnlgnmnted AS
ISOLATION: Mrs Mary q. Jones, the fG-
male labor agltntur OF Chicago. aud NJ.
j, COunahnn. OF the painters and decor
atora union. In addition TO these tho
leaders OF the miners were lined up TO
speak nB the occasion demanded,
There was o rumor IN the camp that
Harvey a. Lowry would appear with
deputies and force the meeting TO dis
porse. but II was evidently unfoundcd.
The speeches were not Of an innlmmn-
tory character, and the big crowd was
orderly during the whole day
II was announced that but twenty
nlnc men were at work to-day In the
Plum Crook mines, while only two or
three we've IN the Sandy creek mlno.
The policy of che miners ls to form
camps at these mines M well ns at oak
nm and maintain large plckctg on
on guard, President DoGnn announced
that he could get land from private par
ties on which 10 pitch his camps.
a Feeling oiItlumph,
The foofiug in tho camp was ono N
triumph The miners claim that thcy
ara on the high road to success, and tho
enthuslnsm which was seemingly alum-
boring yesterday, ~ at fever heat to-
day.
j. T. Mccoy, prominent mem.
Der Of The Typographical Union,
extended The sympathy ana HHaH.
clnl support NJ the pfIntcH of
the country aud snld tho ofpin.
lgltlon had made n per capita ASSESS
mont Tor nvn weeks to be paid for the
bcncft OF the strikers
a large number ~ the men who NJ.
tended the meetinga were nearly dead