The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-27
LOCAL PREFERS
CHARGES AGAINST
'RINO' CAPPELLINI
Masses of Miners in Hot
Resentment

SCRANTON, Pa--Local Union 500,
u M. w. of A of Edwardsville, Pa,
at a special meeting held last Thurs.
day adopted motion unanimously to
prefer charges against Rinaldo Cap
peIlini, distrist president, and the
majority of the district executive
board on grounds of f1agrantly VIC
latlng the district and international
law by ordering the duly elected Of
ficials of the local deposed and a spe
cial held
This action is the aftermath of the
trouble existing at the Woodward
colliery. Cappellini revoked the local
charter some time ago and deposed
Stanley Edmunds and his set of Off
cials as the legal local officers after
an outlaw strike had been called by
Edmunds- At the same time, Adam
Dunn, who had sought ONCE on sever.
al occasions, broke away from the 10
cal with a set of followers, held reg
ular" meetings, collected dues and
assessments, and classed themselves
Hb LuB local administration
Real Duallsts Recognized.
OF a membership of 100 Dun has
but 20 followers CappeIlini recogn.
lied Dun as the local President, re
CARELESS of the fact that he and his
followers elected" themselves secret
1y and without the knowledge Of the
bulk OF the membership
The district board, after severa,
riots occurred at Edwardsville. held a
three hour ression and ordered a spe
cial election at the local Dunn and
Edmunds stated their respective cases
before the board. The board decided
that Dunn and Edmunds should sub
init list of candidates and the cleo
ton should be conducted by the dis
trict board Edmunds refused ON the
grounds that such action was uncon
stitutional, as the constitution spe
officially states charges must be prefer
ed against the local officers In theiI
local union and that the local shall acI
on these charges.
The ELECTION" was held. CappeIli
nj was in the camp of Dunn Dunn's
followers voted while Edmunds mer
paraded thru Wilkes Barre and Wei
nifty in protest Over 1000 miners Of
the Edmnnds fraction refused to vote
and paraded IN protest
Voting Made No Difference
The 'ofIlcial tally" shows that Dunn
and his slate received 1922 votes and
Edmunds group 1104. Ut must be re
membered that the membership is but
100 according TO dues payments prior
TO the trouble, and that Edmunds sub
mitted no slate) On the face of the
so-called official returns it is evident
that the Edmunds faction were the
victors, but Cappellini thinks other
wise as he officially states that Dunn
and his group of candidates are the
legal local officers.
Edmunds appealed to Lewis and
after an intolerable day that well
known faker telegraphed that Cap
pellini was the district president and
any action taken by Cappellini would
be concurred in by the international
ofiicialdom.
Cheer Attack on cappellini
Fully 1900 miners packed the Pa
hukis Hall to hear the latest develop
ments of the case. Great cheers broke
forth when the motion was carried
that charges be preferred against Cap
pellini and three Of the board mem
bers. VIM. j. Bremen, ex-president
and now a candidate opposing Cap
pellini spoke before the local ant
made typical fakerish speech. He
told the miners that the fight they
were waging was fight to uphold the
union laws and TO retain the prin
ciple of trade unionism In the anthra
cite coal fields.
George IBaacs, district vice-presi
dent also spoke and assured the
miners that the Edmunds group wal
the duly elected officers and urged
them to support these officers, urged
them 10 pay their dues to the Ed
munds officers and worry about moth
ing.
Cheer Toohey
Pat Toohey, heading a delegation
from another local sent TO investigate
the Woodward trouble was given al
ovation aftor being introduced as the
one who assailed cappellini. and de