 He kept fuelling the conflict with more bomb attacks and killings.Other Mafia families who resented the growing power of the Sicilian Mafia Commission to the detriment of individual Mafia families backed Cavataio.Behind both Cavataio and La Barbera was an alliance of bosses from the north-west of Palermo who resented the Commission's growing power, and the influence of the south-eastern Palermo cosche such as the Grecos.