The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-22

his field where the miners are fighting
effort to get dozens of long standing
grievances adjusted and where ten
charters have been revoked in order
to drive the men back to work at the
operators terms.
After comparative quiet for a few
days, due to the exit of the Lewis
commission, first to confer with John
l.. Lewis at Washington and then to
see that their ex-czar, Gompers, was
safely tucked under the soil at
Sleepy Hollow, N. Y, the general
grievance committee of the Pittston
miners went into session again yes
terday.
This time however, it was not to
report any progress" towards the sat
Iisfactory settlement of their strike, but
it was to take inventory of things af.
fecting their welfare First, it was
found that CappeIlini failed to appear,
aItho he had been invited to do so and
this was interpreted to mean, that he
meant what he said recently, that he
was thru dealing with general griev.
ance committees"
Aroused at cappelllnl.
This failure to appear before them
lis hesented very bitterly by the
strikers, for It is not many moons
since they learned from Cappellini
that such general bodies were power
for good, in fact were reported by him,
cas- the only medium thru which the
anthracite miners could secure JUS
tice." That belief though, only re-
NAMED with Cappellini during the
hectic days that he was seeking
power, when he used these bodies as
a stepping stone to his goal. As soon
as he reached that goal, as is well
known, he betrayed the rank and file
and made his peace with Lewis, but
the inevitable has now arrived and his
sfinis" is but a matter of a short time
The commission Of International
board members, who had spent two
weeks in this section trying to induce
the strikers to return to their jobs
evidently had used up the first bag Of
tricks without success, so they paid a
visit to Washington, d. c., the place
where Lewis spends much of his time
and there, conferred with that tyran :
as to what next hest steps" they
should take in the strike situation.
Strikers to Publish Violations.
They have not returned at the time
Of this writing, evidently deeming it
better to go to the Gompers' obsequies
in New York than to concern them.
selves with the welfare of the strik-
ing miners. 1t is generally expected
that they will carry a new bag full OF
tricks when they return.
That this belief is held, is evidenced
by the action of the strikers commit
tee, in declaring that they will soon
publish a complete list OF their many
grievances as a means Of winning
public" support
They also intend to send speakers
to the various locals in the district,
asking for their moral support, SO,
whatever is done by the Lewis com.
mission on its return, will have to be
accomplished thru positive assurance
to the men, that victory will crown
their efforts.
Renew Convention Demand.
The district constitution provides
that Special conventions of the dis
trict shall be called by the president
upon the written request of five local
unions, which shall state the object
of the convention in their request. -
This section of the constitution. arti-
Gle z section 2. does not give the
district president power to determine
whether or not he shall call conven
ton.
Cappellini has announced that he
will make no further overtures to the
strikers, saying that he made his
previous offer in good faith, but that
1t was turned down. A district board
meeting is called for today, but what
the outcome will be is hard to dete-
mine, for even the board members az
souring on Cappellini, they evldentl
seeing his coming fall.
A meeting Of the general grievance
committee of the Lehigh Valley min
crs is also called for tonight, when
seton win be taken to find out the
cause for the delay in assembling {
special convention, in compliance with
the demand rocantiv made They arc
also to consider ways and means Of
how they can best help the Pennsyl
vania strikers.
Workers Party Holds Meeting.
Cappellini and Lewis were roundly
scored by the writer and organizer
Bernardini OF tho Italian Federation
OF the Workers Party. at meeting NJ
Old Forge last night. The meeting was
held under the auspices Of the old
Forge branch Qtalian) Of the w. p.
and was largely attended by strikers