The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-18
.CAPELLINI Gets
SQUELCHED FOR
LEWIS MANEUvER
Miners Local RepeIs
Fake Progressive
BY BLACK DIAMOND.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
WILKES BARRE, August IT,.
Rinaldo Capellini of District /, u. M.
w. of A., who was adopted by John
L. Lewis into the official family of the
miners union, has just suffered an
ignominious defeat at the hands of
approximately 1000 of his constitu-
ents.
The Charter Stunt.
1t all happened when Capellini at.
tempted to Lewisize the members of
Local Union No. 500, Of Edwardsville
by revoking the charter. Later he
and the District Executive Board de-
cided to return the charter, with the
provision that the president and the
two secretaries be barred from office
for period of one year. OF course,
the officials thought that to do this
would put them in position to seize
control of the local, but if they ever
had such illusions, disappointment
must be their lot after today's meet
ing.
Capellini did not come to the meet
ing himself and if the sentiment of
the men at the meeting today can be
taken as criterion, it would not be
safe for the one-tme supposed" rad
ical to go to Edwardsville in the near
future.
He was represented at the meeting
by the International Board member,
an International Organizer and a
District Board member, the latter act
ing as chairman.
Can't Kid Miners.
In opening the meeting, the chair.
man announced that the meeting was
called under the instructions of the
District Executive Board, to nominate
candidates to succeed the men now
deposed and that the election would
be held at later date or as soon as
ballots could be printed, but the
miners present were in no mood to
be kidded. They gave the officials to
understand that there would be an
election at this very meeting and that
instructions to the contrary would
have no standing at this meeting.
Officials Reelected.
The officials then got their heads
together and decided to allow the
election to proceed without the formal
ity of printed ballot, and the slate
picked by the friends of the deposed
officers, all Of whom were placed in
nomination by Stanley Edmunds, the
deposed president, were elected by
an almost unanimous vote. 1t was i'm
possible to count the vote for the
Edmunds slate, while the three votes
registered against the slate were
greeted with boos and jeers.
There was never any doubt about
the result from the time that Ed
munds entered the hall, for as soon
as his friends saw his face coming
thru the door they rent the air with
three rousing cheers for EDMUNDS.
AS he presented the names of each
of the candidates for consideration
similar outbursts were heard.
Capellini, therefore, in his first at
tempt to stop anyone else from doing
the things that made him famous, fell
fiat and the defeat will undoubtedly
make him hesitate before attempting
to repeat his Lewis stunts. Altho
Edmunds was deposed and therefore,
under the ruling, could not be a can
didate, his victory was complete and
with the men now elected to Office he
can retain virtual control of the local
union.
Myerscough Refused Floor.
Thomas Myerscough, wnos was ex-
PEELED from the union at the instance
of Lewis and his henchmen and who
is now working in the mines in this
district, was present at the meeting.
Myerscough attempted to get the floor
to ask a question, evidently believing
that he was unknown in this region,
but the chairman declared that Myers
cough was not member of that local
union and could not have the floor.
This aroused the ire of the men in
the hall who kept insisting that
Myerscough be allowed to speak, but
not having any desire to disturb the
meeting, and give the officials a
chance. to charge Outside influence"
Myerscough asked that they desist.
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