The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-28
CAPPELLINI
BAWLED OUT
BY MINERS
Members Hurl Defy at
Operators Lackey


a special meeting of Local Union 1888,
U. M. w. A., Wilkes Barre, Rinaldo
Cappellini, district president, was
called on to give an account Of him
self and his administration in permit
ting several grievances of the local
union to rest with the boss-controlled
cancellation board for now nearly two
years without settlement.
Accompanied by battery of other
officials, Cappellini, speaking alter
nately in the Italian and English
languages, tried to convince the min
ers assembled that he was the best
president they ever had, and that he
was fighting every minute of his life
for them against the operators.
Lots of Excuses.
CLOSING over the fact that during
the eighteen months of his admins
tration there has been so far $40
strikes and thousands of grievances
yet unsettled which ultimately will
bring more strikes, he made the weak
excuse that he has many enemies,
mostly his field workers, using their
Office in order to build a machine to
effectively fight and embarrass him.
He didn't state why he didn't fire
these field workers, since they are
but his appointees. Accusing the de.
posed local officials of the Pittston
field for being the paid employees Of
the coal company and responsible for
the recent strike of the 1900 miners
of the Pennsylvania Coal company, he
didn't take the trouble to state why
the coal company refused to work the
mines affected after the strike until
the local officials were removed.
In a recent press statement Cap
pellini accused Bremen, ex-president
and candidate again, for getting the
men to strike so as to embarrass
Cappellini.
Skins cappeIIIni Alive.
The miners listened attentively until
Cappellini was thru, and then the
fireworks began. Cappellini expected
applause, but applause at that meet
ing was about as scarce as frog hair
or hens teeth. In fact, there wasn't
any.
The first spokesman of the rank
and file was Pat Toohey, who, in a
lengthy review Of the administration
of the faker, literally tore the hide
on Of him. Exposing the union-split-
ting tactics of the Lewis gang, of
which Cappellini is a part, Toohey
recounted the revocation of the char
ters of the twelve "Pennsy" locals,
the present situation at the Wood
ward colliery arising from their char
ter being revoked some time ago by
Cappellini.
The Cancellation board" also came
in for a scorching when the speaker
explained slowly and in detail to the
miners the procedure of this board
and who controls it, and the reason
why the grievances are unadjusted
and when they are adjusted" why
it is that the miners are the ones
to be usually on the losing end.
Toohey was greeted with prolonged
applause when he told the faker to
his teeth that he was not capable of
conducting a banana stand, let alone
a district organization.
Rank and Filters Take the Floor.
Miners and officials from many 9TH
er locals were present so that they,
too, could pay their respects to the
faker. Cappellini has not been seen
much of late, aDG getting him to a
local union was an opportunity that
couldn't be missed.
Man after maa, in their broken Ian
guages, told Cappellini exactly what
they thought Of him. In rebuttal
Toohey was the prime object of attack
by the faker. He didn't take the trou-
BILE to answer the charges and state
ments made by Toohey but launched
into a long-winded personal attack.
This local union, at their last regu-
lar meeting nominated the progressive
slate for district Offices.