St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-26
ATRUCE TO FIGHTING.
National League and Assoeia-
ton Men Anxious for
Peace.
Committees Counsel Together
for a Settlement OF Re-
cent Differences.
The New Twin City League
VIII Begin Playing Next
Sunday.
10th Throws Lindeman Three
Times in twenty-five
Minutes.

WASHINGTON, Aug 25.-The first
meeting between the warning base ball
factions-the league and American as
sociauOn-was held in this city tonight.
a large number Of magnates dropped
into Washington to-day 10 be present at
the outcome of the meeting. The
meeting was the result of the tireless
efforts of John Z. Brush.who recognized
the ruinOus course. being pursued by
the warning associations. and as the
leagues accredited agent he has been
successful in paving the way toward an
amicable settlement. At the recent as
ISOLATION meeting in St. Louis a com
mitJee was appointed to confer with
similar committees of the league. These
committees were given full power to
act for their respective organizations,
and It was agreed that whatever de
cisiOn was reached should be binding.
Messrs. kraemer, president of the as
ISOLATION; Phelps, attorney for the
same. and Won Der Abe. president of
the St. Louis club. were delegated to
look after the associations interests,
while the league contingent consisted
of John I. Brush, president OF the Gin
y q.
the Chicago club, and Charles Il. Byrne,
president Of the Brooklyn CLUB. The
representatives We're empowered to set
tie all differences in an amIcable man
ner. j. Earl Wagner, Of Philadelphia;
Won der Horst and Barney, of Balti-
more; d. 3 Hart. OF Boston; Smells, of
Columbus. and Seaman, Bennett and
Sutherland. Of Washington, were on the
ground. All the association clubs eX-
Ceptng Milwaukee are represented.
The association men held an informal
meeting al Wizards hotel this after
noon and mapped out their programme.
The stand they take is that they will
not withdraw the association club from
Boston or any other city, nor viii they
raise the price of admission. They will
abide by the contract law. and will play
exhibition games with the league clubs.
The conference was 10 have been held
at , o'clock this aftern on. but the
leagne men were late in arriving, as
their train was behind time. The assO-
citation committee was at the hotel
awaiting the arrival of the leagues
committee when the latter were seen
on their way from the depot to the Ar
lingtOn hotel. 4 short time afterwards,
a committee from the league consisting
of MeSsrs. ByTne and Hart called on the
associations committee at Wizards
and escorted them 10 the Arlington
house, where the two factions went into
secret session.
On motion Of Mr. Brush. Louis Krea-
mer. president OF the American aSSO-
citation. was made chairman. and on
motion of Mr.. Phelps Mr.. Hart, of Chi
cagO was made secretary. The COM
mittee was in session until : p. n.
and took q recess until 5. The time
was spent in general discussion of
the situation towards asceTtaining the
wishes Of the two organizations as to
the desrability Of framing a new agree
ment, and to the vailed features Of such
n agreement toward protecting the
interests Of all clubs of the two aSsOcia-
tiOns. The committee think that
what they do VIII have a very ma
terial effect upon the future Of the
National game, and they have
decided to 90 slowly and take ample
time to discuss the many new features
which have been presenting them
selves. In answer to a written inquiry
as 10 how long the conference would be
in session, and If anything official would
be given out tonight. It was stated that
the session would probably last until
midnight and that the committee would
be unable to give out anything official
tonight.
The arbItratOrS ended their meeting
a. 1870 o'clock tonight without making
any progress toward a settlement. An
agreement was about 10 be reached to
the effect that all players now signed
with clubs should remain with them. At
this juncture President Kramer, Of the
American association, who had
been informed bv good au-
th0rity that Michael Kelly, now of
the Boston association team. was about
TO Jump his contract and 90 TO the BOs-
ton League club. presented the infOr-
nation to the meeting, and said that
unless the association received the as
surance Of the league that Kelly would
be held to his contract the conference
would come to an ending. The
league men would not give the de-
sired assurances and the meeting ended.
The association men informed the
league representatives that they would
meet the latter at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning If they wished to discuss the
matter further. Several kilograms have
been received here from Boston con-
hrming heliy's jump to the league.