Shearers who "tally" more than 200 sheep per day are known as "gun shearers". They roamed the countryside finding work as sheep shearers or as farm hands. They met with Chris and some sheep shearers. Most shearers are paid on a piece-rate per sheep. Australian Wool Innovation insisted that animal welfare was a priority among shearers. By May the union camps were full of hungry penniless shearers. Mining at this scale requires the use of draglines, trucks, conveyors, hydraulic jacks and shearers. This clearly did not sit well with the striking, unionized shearers. Striking shearers formed armed camps outside of towns. There was a second shearers strike in 1894. In September 1894, some shearers at Dagworth Station were again on strike. But the shearers were unable to hold out. The Shearers have the most wins, with 16.