Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

cether. Saturday. said he. All right was the
reply. wen have meeting in the big room
over Nick Engers saloon Saturday night Part
can 90 up the outside stairway and part up
through Engel's rooms, so as not to attract at
tention.'
Ward aud I explained the whole thing and
talked to the players for about two hours.
Big Roger Conner talked an hour and half,
more or less. and Keefe had q great deal to say
about it After we had gone all over the argu-
ments, said Now. gentlemen, If there are any
of you who desire. to sign this, here IS the
chance Several started for the table to do 1t.
Hold on a minute said Buck Ewing, am the
FIRST man to put his name down on the paper
All of the New York club signed that night
but Whitney ana 0'Rourle. The latter left
word that he was all right but had gone homo
on account of sickness in his family. he would
sign in the morning upon his return.
Henry Boyle, the Indianapolis pitcher; came
over and whispered to me then, 4 am afraid
that Glasscock and Denny are going to kick
on account of salary again said if anybody
In the room didn't understand the matter
thoroughly, to say so, and Glasscock spoke up:
How about salaryr
"sThe contract stipulates,' said /, that no
player is to get less salary than he had the past
season. If any mans pay has been reduced by
classification he will receive the same pay that
he did IN 1883. If man has been player and
manager he will get the same salary.
That's all right said GIasscock; 4 thought
our salaries were to remain at the same
figure
Wny DON'T you pay aLbe0LlOn, balu SOnnOF.
Here we've been explaining the whole thing
Tor two heurs and half or more.
RUsIE SIGNED.
Young Rusie, of the indianapolis team,
though not member of the Brotherhood was
at the meeting and signed the paper. After
the meeting was over the players went down.
stairs and Denny said to Jimmy Adams, New
Yorker, who was there; We've got 'em now;
we've got 'em handcuffed. There'll be no more
slave about this business
'The Philadelphia club was all signed, and I
went over there to talk up the matter with the
business men. i tried to get Ham Disston to
go into the enterprise. but he did not see his
way clear just then. Jimmy Fogarty had been
working tooth and nail to get philadelphia
capital enlisted, and finally he called a meeting
OF the supposed capitalists that were going into
the new deal. I went there with Fogarty and
met them. After talking awhile about the
matter they said: well. gentlemen. upon the
advice of our lawyers, we have concluded that
it is not best for US to go into this thing You
should have seen Fogartys face. 1t was as
white as sheet When we got outside he
said: Well what do you think of thatP oh,
Jimmy said !, that's all right. If they won't
go in it, there are others in this big city of
100000 people that will and there were, for
we found them"
'Yes, Tom Lotus knew it. At the request
called him in and told him, under pledge of
secrecy, whether he was with the players or
not, what was going on. We wanted him for
manager. LOTUS face was as white as your
collar while was making the statements, and
he said but very little.
"The Chicago club was the last club to sign.
1 made the same proposition to them, told
them just what had been done, and then I
said, Now you fellows all know that Anson
isn't with you. You know that he is one of
the most popular ballplayers in the business,
and that he has got big pull with the Chicago
public. Some man must be found who will
have as much influence in his place. Who
shall 1t bef They thought and pondered, and
finally / said: How would Comiskey dor They
answered like one man: The very chap
How would you like to play under himT'
HE was agreeable to them, but the boys did
not know the best way to get at him. They
wanted to be agreeable to all the members and
officers OF the Brotherhood. Finally l saids
We'll, you needn't worry abou. Comiskey any
longer.
The last words he said to me we're,
DON'T LEAVE ME OUT.
II want to be in this thing.".
THE Washington club signed after my re-
turn to Cleveland. Every member put his name
to the agreement except WiImot and Tom DAILY.
Wilmot thought there was a chance for him to
60 to st, Paul and make more money and did
not want to lose It. DAILY asked good many
questions, but did NOT sign"
AT the first meeting had with Twitchell
and Hanlon az the Weddell House after had
told them of my determination to aid them In
the affair, Hanlon SAID to Twitchell, 'Tele-
graph Ward at once that Cleveland is all
right"
81 held long consultation with Tom, my
brother, before finally went into the thing.
He agreed with me that there would be money
in il, and that it would be good thing for the
railroad, but he didn't want me to go into it. for
he did not like the idea of my being mixed up
with sporting business and sporting men. OF
course. 1t is a perfectly clean and legitimate
sport. Finally asked him if he wanted me to
pull out after being with the boys so long and
aiding the enterprise in every way, and he gave
his consent to the plan. He thought would
be doing too much, with the control of the rail-
road and this other matter also. We talked
over the plan for two hours at least"