EXAMINING PATTERNS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO ...

challenged the pro-company stand of Il Minatore Italiano. In all the issues from October 23,
1913 until March 14, 1914 (N. 6 until N. 66), there is a section called Bollettino dei Minatori
(see Figure XXXIV) in which the writers criticize the articles of Il Minatore Italiano. More
specifically they accuse the editor of that newspaper, Augusto Marinelli, of being a puppet
in the hands of the mining companies. The section often includes a list of the names of
Italian scabs giving details about their origins, lives, and actions. 68 Satiric poems, both in
Italian and in dialect, about the strike and the workers not adhering to it appear in several
issues (see Appendix III). 69
Figure XXXV. Example of Italian section of the Miners’
Bulletin as it appeared in each copy of the newspaper
[Michigan Technological University and Copper Country
Archives].
68 For example on the issue number 63 of 03-25-1914 they write about Carlo Giacoletto of Wolverine.
According to the article Giacoletto, after several months of receiving financial support from the union, has
become a scab. Cesare Zana is called ‘dog of the mine company’, as well as Cesare Lucchesi. This kind of
article appears in every issue of the Miners’ Bulletin and each one includes names of scabs.
69 For example in the issue number 54 of 01-28-1914 there is a poem dedicated to Guido Locatelli, scab and
author of an article against the strike published in Il Minatore Italiano. The poem makes fun of his way of
writing and compares him to a donkey. Another poem published in the issue number 24 of 10-07-1913 gives a
satiric description of the places of birth of the scabs.
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