Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-14
NOTHING FOR The PLAYERS
hagnstes Flstly Decline to Aoceds to the
Demands Of the Men.
COLD sNUB FOR BALL PLAYERS UNION
Petition Rejected and Request for An
other Hearing Laid over for
Future Action by the Bosses
of the League.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.--The National
league magnates, who have been In session
for the last three days at the Fifth Avenue
hotel, put in another busy day today. Two
sessions were held, the first lasting for Two
hours. After recess the lawmakers OF
the league were again In session for several
hours. Although efforts are being made to
wind UP the meeting by tomorrow night
the opinion is that the mdgnates will be
here for one day longer
The first session was begun about noon
with the following present: A. II. Soden,
w. ii. Conant and J. u. Billings of Boston
w. W. Kerr, Philip Auten and Barney
Dreyfus Of Pittsburg; Andrew Freedman
OF New York; Charles Ebbetts. +. A. Abel
and Edward Hanlon Of Brooklyn Colonel
John l. Rogers and A. J. Reach Of Phil
adelphia; James Hart OF Chicago; John T.
Brush OF Cincinnati; r. DeIiaas Robson
and Stanley Robson Of st. Louis.
The proposition made to the league by
the committee from the Players Protectivs
association was the first business taken up.
A report on Wednesdays conference was
presented to the magnates by the league
committee and the matter was thoroughly
discussed. After the magnates had been in
session for about an hour word reached the
corridors downstairs that the demands
made by the players had been thrown out
part and parcel. There was a hurried con-
ference between "Chief" thinner. Clark
Griffith and Hugh Jennings, representing
the players organization, with the result
that note was sent upstairs asking the
magnates to grant tho players another
audience. The magnates received the note
and laid IL aside.
Players Begin to Hedge.
In discussing the refusal Of the magnates
10 grant the original demands made by the
players, Clark Grifnth the Chicago
pitcher. said: There Is q mistake some-
where, and we have set about to have II
corrected The league has acted upon the
memorandum presented to them after the
conference by Mr.. Taylor. That memoran-
oum 10 too sweeping. l think the league
VIII give us another hearing and finally
grant our requests.
what VIII happen IL we don't get a hear
ing! Well. / don't think we had better
taik anarchy unti, we have to. One thing
IL certain-the players will die game"
In case OF war between the league and
It's players. and the players strike, and sun
posing the league players should become
animated with the American league, what
would become OF the players in Johnson's
organization? Would the National players
Try 10 get places OF the American League
piayers!' Mr.. Griffith was asked.
NOT at all; there would be no effort on
our part to take away the places of the
hinerican League players. That matter has
Deen looked into and settled"
Harry Taylor, the players counsel was
absent from the hotel all day TODAY He
disappeared on Wednesday night. Gone IN
BOSTON was the only reply that could he
gotten from the members Of tho nIa,.r..
organization when asked where he had
gone. Taylor's absence gave rise to many
vague rumors as to conferences with Rem
Johnson.
Turned Down Cold.
AT the conclusion OF the early session
~sueht ~ ioung verified the report that the
ieihai petitions submitted by the players
''au peen turned down by the magnates.
Ai.er discussing our committees ro-
po' said MI Young, "the league DIS
charged the committee"
One OF the results of today,s o,,.
oon Vi 'he magnates was the passage OF An
amendment to the constitution reducing tho
number Of directors from six n to,r ~,
uehtaiiy new board was elected and for
represented on the board. Andrew Freed :.
man. the local magnate, was present at the
eiection. The new board will consist of
soden OF Boston. Brush of Cincinnati. Drev-
rus OF Pittsburg and Freedman OF New
iork The entire national board of arbi-
tration. consisting of Young, soden Brush
Hart Robson and Rogers, was Reelected
Inc committee on constitution Will be com
posed OF Rogers, Brush and Hart.
The magnates unanimously decided to do
away with the custom of early spring prac-
tice trips to the south.
The second session finished without any,
thing OF Importance being accomplished
The umpire question was discussed thor
oughiy, but was put over until the annual
spring meeting. The magnates did not con
slider the players demand for rehear,np OF
their case at the evening session. 1t prob
ably will be taken up tomorrow.
AT the conclusion Of the regular session
the members of the circuit called another
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