The age-herald., 1897-08-03
. THOUSANDS
 OF MINERS THERE At MCRae'S SGhOOlhOuSe the Marching Men Are Gathering Hourly. ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN AS Regards Number Of Men and Their
 Orderly Behavior. LOWRY SHOWS THE WHITE FEATHER TeIegraphs the Governor He i'as Reason to Fear Violence Governor Takes Prompt
 Cognizanct-West Virginia Being .s Canyassed by Leaders.
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
LOWRY SHOWS THE WHITE FEATHER

E Pittsburg. Aug. 2.-'rhe striking miners E have broken all records, both as to num- =qbers attending their mass meeting and the excellent order and law-abiding be- havior they have exhibited. Too much praise cannot be given them for this lat ter conduct It is conceded by all that in former times bloodshed and confusion would have ebsued, considering. all the circumstances the miners have been ! placed under during the strike. It is the hope of all weil-wishers of the strikers that this peaceful warfare will continue throughout and until the contest is settled definitely. The mass meeting of miners at the McCrae school house today was the largest during the strike and probably the largest gathering of the kind ever seen in Alleghenny county. More than 5- 900 striking miners met for an all-5ay ses- 2 sion and labor leaders harangued them in various tongues, while bands of music served to stir up enthusiasm to the high est pitch From early morning miners of every nationality 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 morning from Turtle Creek. It consisted of 1,600 miners from that camp, and when they came in sight there was such cheering as has net been heard since the strike started. They came down to the camp at the school house with bands playing stirring airs and banners waving in the breeze Cheer after cheer went up from the camp and the marchers returned them with a will. When the miners of the two parties met there were some wild scenes. Men rushed around shaking hands, shouting and even embracing each other. The crowd that had gathered was so much larger than the men had antici- pated that they were wild with joy.
 A few minutes after the arrival of the Turtle Creek delegation the speakers ar rived in carriages. They were M. w. Spick, president of the Painters and Decorators Unionr w. N. Carney, vice.
 
 tion; Mrs. Mary c. Jones, female agi- tator of Chicago, and M. J. Counahan. of the Painters and Decorators Union In addition to these the leaders of thA miners were lined up to speak as the occasion dema anded. There was a rumor in the camp that Sheriff Lowry. would appear with deputies and force the me 4t- ing to disperse, but it was evidently un- founded. The speeches were not of an inf1ammatory character, and ths big day. It was announced that but twenty mine linen were at work today at the Plum Creek mines, while only two or three were in the Sandy Creek mines The policy of the miners is to form camps at these mines as well as at Oak Hill and maintain large parties on guard.
 President Dolan announced that he could get land from private parti=s on which to pitch his camps. The feeling in the camp was one of triumph The miners claim they are on the high road w S"SNs~o diiN liit HuSldSHl Wn1cn was apparently slumbering yesterday was at fever heat today. J. B. Mccoy. prominent member of The typograph- ical union. extended the sympathy and financial support of the printers of the country, and said the organization had mad5 a per capita assessment for five weeks to be paid for the benefit of the strikers
 A large number of the men who at tended the meeting wer4 nearly dead from hunger. Some of them had eaten nothing since 1 o'clock yesterday. and the commissary wagon had not arrived when the meeting was over. It was moi until nearly 5 o'clock that the wagon carrying the provisions got to the camp. When 1t arrived there was a rush for bread that would put to shame any foot ball rush that was ever seen on the gridiron After ths meal was over and the men had satisfied their appetites, they went back to their camp at Turtle Creek, where they rested in a qui=t and orderly manner, preparatory for the work tomorrow
 Two new camps were instituted this -fternoon after the meeting. One at Plum Creek will be known as Camp Re- sistance, the one at Sandy Creek will Je called Camp Isolation. Each camp the besieged district will bs kept constantly supplied with guards. Head quarters. as here tofore. will be at Camp Determination at Turtle Creek
 One of the notable features of today's procession was wagon drawn by four