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Nine men sat down to discuss the miners' demand for a "checkoff" system in the anthracite mines. Four of them were operators' representatives, four miners' officials, and one was Rinaldo Cappellini, who was seated unofficially because on Aug. 1 he was to have officially displaced one of the miners' representatives...
Three hundred seventy-five delegates assembled from the anthracite region, bearing the standards of William J. Brennan, conservative President of District 1, and Rinaldo Cappellini, radical President-elect of that district. Everyone was set for the fray. On the first day Brennan's followers presented a resolution to the effect that Cappellini was ineligible to take office, not because improperly elected-he had a substantial majority at the elections some time ago -but because of his radical leanings. Brennan's followers were ready to stage a vigorous fight to prevent the young Italian radical from taking office. Next...
...joint sub-committee composed of four operators and four miners most of the bargaining was done. Samuel D. Warriner led the operators; John L. Lewis the miners. Rinaldo Cappelini, radical President-elect of the United Mine Workers, District 1, was not a member of this body. The chief discussion was over the " checkoff" system whereby the coal companies collect dues for the unions out of miners' pay. The operators did not openly deny the demand of the miners for the checkoff, but asked a great many questions indicating their opposition to the idea...
...present one expiring on August 31 (TIME, July 9). The conference opened at Atlantic City. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, led the miners. The Presidents of each of the Districts were present also, and with William J. Brennan, the head of District 1, was Rinaldo Cappellini, the young and fiery President-elect...
...came from three districts in the heart of the anthracite fields, Nos. 1, 7 and 9, and they came with division in their ranks. District 1 contains 70,000 miners of the 150,000 in the group and District 1 recently chose as its leader, by an overwhelming vote, Rinaldo Cappellini, young Italian "radical." The defeated candidate, William J. Brennan, backed by the Lewis administration, retires from the Presidency of his district on August 1. But already young Cappellini is eager to seize the reins...