Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-29
Telegrams to The Star.
SNOW AND WIND.
A Strong Combine Against the Un-
lucky Mariner.
BOSTON SURVEYS HER BIG FIRE
The Insurance Men Whittle Down the
Losses.
BOSTON SURVEYS HER BIG FIRE
BROTHERHOOD BASEBALL PROGRAM
THANkscIvINc's FIRES AND GRIMES
BASE BALL WAR COMING.
Baltimore and Louisville to be Dropped
by the brotherhood.

CINCINNATI, Nov. pa special dispatch
from Columbus, Ohio, says: Unless the pres
ent base ball deal miscarries the American as
sociation and the brotherhood will make COM
mon cause against the National league in ten
cities next season The preliminary arrange
ments have been concluded and the only thing
now necessary is a formal acceptance of the
proposed plan of amalgamation by a committee
OF the brotherhood, who will meet at the Ire
mont house, Chicago, in a few days.
The proposition Is to combine the present
brotherhood teams in Chicago, PittSburg,
Buffalo, NewYork, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleve-
land and indianapolis with association teams
at Columbus and st. Louis, merging the Ath-
letic and brotherhood clubs in Philadelphia,
and dropping the Louisville and Baltimore
clubs entirely. The latter management has
been flirting all along with the league mag
mates, and Louisville is considered dead as a base
pali town. This line of action has been taken
only after long consideration by the leading as
sociation clubs and after a full study of the
situation. The National league did its best
to wreck the association by inducing Cincin-
natl, Kansas City and Brooklyn to leave its
ranks. and now it has come to a survival of the
httest The association clubs concerned III
this deal will sign all their men and then make
open war on the league by joining the brother
hood at its December meeting.
HOW IT WAS DONE
This deal has been worked quietly and no
news concerning it has been allowed to the
press, excepting rumor appearing few days
ago that John N. Ward had been in this city
arranging matters.
Last Monday the finance committee of the
American association held secret session here
At that conference were Messrs. Won der Abe,
Whitaker, Phelps and Lazarus.
During the progress of the meeting John NJ
Ward and Allen W. Thurman. son of the ..Old
Roman, were introduced, and after long con-
ference the deal was arranged as above, sub
Ject to the approval of the other brotherhood
leaders. Al Johnson. who was absent, tele-
graphed his approval of the scheme.
WHAT KELLY SAYS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Mike Kelly, the we'll
known base ball player, was in the city yester-
day en- route for the Pacific coast where he
hopes to sign Clarkson, Camel and Others for
the brotherhood During the day he held a
levee at the hotel, hundrel Is of his old friends
calling on him. Talking about brotherhood
affairs he said that organization had nearly all
the stars now and he is going to get the
| remainder of them. The public, he said, will
next season.
Kelly said that Director Conant of the Boston
club offered him $1,000 bonus, and So 900 sea-
son to play with the Boston league club for three
years, but he refused. Buck Ewing he said.
was offered the same bonus and s7 500 a wear
to stay with New York, but would not do it
while Glasscock deserted the boys for 81 900
and "a, 900 per season contract. Jim McCor-
mick Is going into the harness again with
the Brooklyn brotherhood team.
Among the callers on Kelly were President
Wldenfeller OF the Chicago club and Mark
Baldwin, the pitcher. The latter had Just re-
turned from ST. Louis, where he signed Jack
OConnor, the catcher, for Brooklyn. He re-
ported that Robinson had also signed play
ers' contract and will go to Cleveland As for
the interview with Comiskey, in which the latter
denies that he had joined the brotherhood,
Baldwin says it was only bluff and that it was
Comiskey's efforts that secured King, Boyle and
Latham TO Chicago.
SIGNED WITH BOSTON.
Boston, Nov. 29.-The Globe has received a
dispatch from San Francisco today announcing
that Charles Radbourne, VIM. Daley and
Richard Johnstone had signed players league
contracts with Boston