The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-27
LOOKING FOR PEACE.
LEAGUE AND ASSOCIATION REPRE-
SEkTATWEs MEET.

Everything Seems Favorable to OuSn-
promise Between the Warning Fao-
tioDs-Nrihe Eeiiy Signs Oootr0ct To
Play with tho Boston League
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26-The first
meeting between tbe warring baseball
factions, the League and American asso-
citation, was beld in this city Last night
A large number of magnates dropped
into Washington to be present at the
outcome of the meeting The meeting
was the result of the t1reless efforts Of
John I. Brush, who recognized the
ruinous course being pursued by the
warning associations and, as the Leagues
accredited agent he has been successful
in paving tbs way toward an amicable
settlement. At the recent Association
meeting in St Louis a committee was
appointed to confer with similar COM
mittees of the League. These commit
tees were given full power to act for
their respective organizations and it was
agreed that whatever decision was
reached should be binding. Messrs-
Kramer, president of the Association;
Phelps, attorney for the same,
and Won Der Abe, president Of
the st. Louis club, were delegated to
hook after the Associations interest,
while the league contingent consisted Of
John T. Brush, president of the Cincin-
natl club, James A Hart, president of
the Chicago club, and Charles III. Byrne,
president of the Brooklyn club The
representatives were empowered 10 set
tie all differences in an amicable man
ner. j. Earl Wagner. of Philadelphia,
Won Der Horst and Barnie, Of Balti-
more, ]. b, Hart, of Boston, Smeltz, OF
Columbus, and Scanlan. Bennett and
Sutherland, of Washington, were on the
grounds. All the Association clubs, ex-
cephng Milwaukee, are represented. d.
Their Work Mapped Out.
The Association men held an informal
meeting and mapped out their pro-
gTamma- The stand they take is that
they Will not withdraw the Association
club from Boston or any other city, nor
will they raise the price of admission.
They viii abide by the contract law and
win play exhibition games with the
League clubs.
The committees Of the League and
American Association, consisting OF
Messss. Won der Abe, Phelps and Kra-
mer, of the Association, and Messrs
Brush, Byrne and Hart, Of the League,
met. The time was spent in general
discussion OF the situation towards as
certaining the wishes Of the two organ
izations as TO the desirability Of framing
a new agreement and TO the varied feat
ures Of such an agreement toward pro
tecting the interests of al clubs Of the
two associations. The committee think
that what they do will have a very
material effect upon the future of the
national game and they have decided to
| go slowly and take ample time to discuss
the many new lectures which have been
psesenting themselves
Kelly Jumps 30 the hesgue.
An agreement was about TO be
reached TO the effect that all players
now signed with clubs should remain
with them. At this juncture Louis
Kramer, president of the American
association, who had been informed by
| good authority that Michael Kelly, now
| Of the Boston Association team, was
about to jrtnphis contract and go TO the
Boston League club, presented this in.
formation TO the meeting and said that
unless the Association had the assur
ancee OF the League that Kelly would
be held TO his contract the conference
| would come 10 an end. The League
men would not give the desired assur,
ancee and the meeting ended. Several
telegrams have been received here from
Boston confirming Keily's jump to thf
League