The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-03
MINERS KEEP PEACE
STRIKERS CONDUCT THE WONDER
OF ALL BEHOLDEES.

OF ALL BEH0I,DEES.
Although They Have Encountered seriou
Provocation Their Leaders Have Then
Well In Hand and All Their Movement
and Meetings are Law-Abiding and Or
derIy-BigzMass Meeting Passes On
| Quietly and without Interference ane
the Men are Greatly Heartened by the
| Days Developments.
! Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 2--The striking
| miners have broken all records, both as
| to numbers attending their mass meet
| ingS anu tie excellent order and law
| abi5ing behavior they have exhibited.
Too much praise cannot be given the
| strikers f3r this condition. They have
been subject . the control of leaders
| who, profiting by former experience have
so forcibly insiilled into the minds of
their followers the stupidity OF aw-break
ing. that the peaceful attitude and ac-
tons Of the strikers have been source
Of wonder TO all the prophets, who have
from day TO day predicted dire happen
ings. II is conceded by all that in for
mer times under similar circumstances,
riot and bloodsled would have resulted
long ago from the conditions under which
the miners have been placed during this
strike. Il is the hope Of all well-wishers
Of the strikers that the peaceful warfare
vii. continue throughout and until the
contest is settled definitely.
THE BIG MASS MEETING.
The mass meeting Of miners at the
McCrea school house today was the great
est during the strike. and probtbly 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 har-
ringued then in various tongues, while
bands Of music served TO stir up the en-
thUsiasm TO the highest pitch. From ear
~ 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 en-
tnusiasm arrived al 1915 O'Clock this
morning, from Turtle Creek. 1t consisted
of 1600 miners from that camp, and
when they came in sight there was such
cheering as had never been heard since
the strike started. They came down 10
the camp az the school house with bands
playing stirring airs and banners wav-
ing 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 en-
bracing each other The crowd that had
gathered was so much larger than the
men had anticipated that they were wild
with joy.
A few minutes after the arrival Of the
Turtle Creek division, the speakers ar
rived in carriages. They were II. p.
Carrick, president OF the Painters and
Decorators union; W. A. Carney, vice
president of the Amalgamated associa-
ton; Mrs. Mary G. Jones, the female
labor agitator Of Chicago, and NJ. ].
Counahan, of the Painters and Decora-
tors union. In addition to these, the
leaders CT the miners were lined up 20
speak as the occasion demanded.
ORDERLY ALL DAY.
There was rWmor in the camp that
Sheriff Harvey A Lowry would appear
with deputies and force the meeting 10
disperse, but it was evidently unbound
ed. The crowd was orderly all day.
II was announced that but twenty
nine men We're at work today in the
Plum Creek mines, while only two or
three men were in the Sandy Creek
mine The policy of the miners is to form
camps at these mines as well as al ak
Hill, and maintaine large party on |
guard. President Dolan announced that I
he could get land from private parties |
on which TO pitch his camps.
The feeling in the camp was one OF |
triumph. The miners claimed that they /
were on the high road TO success, and /
the enthusiasm which was seemingly /
yesterday, was at fever heat /
today.
]. Y. Mccoy, a prominent member OF I
the Typographical union, extended the /
and financial support Of the /
printers OF the country, and said the or !
ganization had made a per capita es-
sessment for five weeks TO be paid for /
the benefit OF the strikers.
HALF-STARVED MEN.
a large number of the men who at
tended the meeting were nearly dead /
from hunger Some of them had eaten
nothing since 4 o'clock yesterday, and
the commissary wagon had nor yet ar
rived when the meeting was over. Il
was not till nearly o'clock that the
wagon carrying the provisions got 10 the 4
camp, and when it arrived there was a
mad rush for bread which would put TO
shame any football rush ever seen on The
ocal gridiron.. After the meeting was
over and the men had satisfied their ap-
oetites. they went back TO their camp at
turtle Creek in an ordsly manner, where
hey rested and made preparations for
tomorrow.
Two new camps were Instituted this
afternoon, after the meeting. The one
Al PUN Creek viii he known as Camp
Resistance" the one az Sandy Creek VIII
Dc called Camp Isolation
Each camp in the besieged district viii
% kept constantly supplied With guards,
mi headquarters, as heretofore, viii be
Camp Determination" a, Turtle Creek.
One Of the notable featuresi OF foday's
procession was a wagon drawn by four
lorses, bearing diggers from the Sou1er
mines on each side was a banner advo-
,acing free speech and peaceable a.
,embly. Flags seemed . be in demand
among the marchers. The delegation
marching On Plum Creek was under the
that they could not marcA
Win band unless an American fiss
vas carried 81 the fron,. \ bu-tea-h0ie
lag. ne dimensions oe which were but
. few inches. fastened 70 a small stick