The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-24
!. 'PELLINI, THE
TOR, WAGES
War ON Miners
Coal Diggers Getting
Ready to Can Him
BY THOMAS MYERscouGH.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

NopeCiai 10 me Dally Workerl
PlTTSTON, Pa, Dec. 3D.
After learning that the general
grievance committee, represent
ing the Pittston region strikers,
had decided to give publicity to
the many grievances existing in
this district, so as to inform the
general public why they had
come out on strike, CappeIIini,
the renegade, told the press that
he, too, would give publicity to
some facts in connection with
the strike, and at a meeting Of
the executive board in this dis
trict yesterday, he was given
permission to do so.
Because it shows how far a
Jockey of this type will go,
after riding a radical horse to
power, | will give his statement
in full:
To The Mine Workers Of Plttston:
." refuse to call any more meet
tings of the executive board to meet
the general grievance committee of
the Pennsylvania Coal company, for
the reasons that all the members Of
the board have committed them
selves against this illegal strike and
nothing can be done other than
what they were told in the several
meetings had with them; and they
have deliberately refused to abide
by agreement fairly entered into,
and show their lack of regard for a
solemn contract by calling all the
miners of that company out on
strike whenever it meets their
fancy.
The Sacred Contract.
a regret very much the position
in which the miners organization
has been placed, and believe the
officers Of our union and the great
bulk of the men themselves are wiiI-s
ing to abide by our contract. The
district and national officers have
already shown their good faith by
requesting the general grievance
committee to have their men return
to work so that their complaints
could be taken up properly for adj
justment. This they refuse to do.
Not only have they refused the dis
trict officers, but the national as
we'll.
'In the face of the defiant re-
fusal Of the general grievance COM
mittee to have the men resume
work, |, as district president, am
making this statement. believe,
first, in the sacredness of contract;
that agreements should be lived up
to; that agreements made must be
binding on both sides or the whole
system Of collective bargaining will
fall flat. In view thereof ! feel !
am right in refusing to meet the
general grievance committee, and
have acted in the only way honor
and dignity permitted.
at Is not the men, the rank and
file, who constitute the union, who
| have done wrong. Iney nave allow
ed themselves to be misled by a
general committee which has usurp-
ed authority not vested In It, and
the sooner the workers wake up to
that feet and take the advice Of the
regularly constituted authorities Of
the organization, the sooner peace
and harmony will supersede chaos.
Against Takers Wish.
"Men of the rank and file, how
long can you continue this illegal
strike and maintain your position?
What will be the final effect on
your great organization which has
done so much in the past to better
your wages and conditions? Can
such an illegal strike last, and win,
in the face Of the opposition Of your
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