The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
NOT IN ACCORD
ON ANY QUESTION
Meeting Is Spicy. and Pleas fol-
Harmony Are Without Effect.
! Charges Against Williams
Will Be Formally Present.
ed to National Board
OF Arbitration.
ny GUS ,rALBERT.
tSpeolaJ to The Timeg-Dispatch

OF developing into a peace conference,
Win the olive branch floating high.
Inc meeting OF the Virginia League
fnaEnates. held in the Carroll Hote.
to-day for tho purpose OF electing an
other president, developed into YER
bal sparrins match. with the encoun.
Ter between the cats of Kilkenny a
peaceful pastime az compared to mill
'aht tactics OF the men particularly and
peculiarly interested In baseball
Iritely and without trimmings. The
meeting came to the conclualon that no
agreement could be reached Tho splIt
was as apparent and as real as It has
oecn at any Of the previous meetings.
Meeting NO. In the official roster was
trost npeeches--oh. q great many of
them-@ere made, all with Cancellation
az the keystone of the forensic out!
ourst. but when tho vote was called
LEnchsurS. Richmond and DanviIle
voted solidly against Williams, while
Roanoke. Norfolk and Petersburg voted
just as soldiy for him.
Nothing happened until o'clock w.
-. Bradley and Advisory Counsel ".
II. sands, of Richmond, arrived carly
C. r. Williams had arrived the night
before DR.. J. r Carson. president Of
mo Central League. and the man sent
by j. II. Farrell. secretary OF tho Ma
nonal Board Of Arbitration as media
tor in the family icud. has been here
Tor several days What he accom-
pl!shed Is not known--at least, not spe-
cihcally known. 1t Is absolutely Ger
tain that he did not ind time 10 get
The warning factions together
ALONG about o'clock In the after
noon Dr. J. X. McCrary, OF Norfolk,
With Charlie Shaifcr, put in appear
ance. With this belated delegation
came Dennis Parkinson and i. W. Sew
ard, OF Petersburg. Lobbying began at
once. The one object was to find the
other fellows weakness.
Charges Agninst Williams,
charges Will be preferred against
President c. r. Williams by Richmond,
IynchburS and DanvIllc. What the ma
ture OF these charges will be could not
he found out tonight. These charges
VIII be formally presented 10 the Ma
iionai Board Of Arbitration. and that
Dody Will set specific date for the
hearing.
Naturally there were many rumors
afloat. None of these. however,
rnaterialzed. The first news that
Lynchburg had weakened ana would
support Williams. This proved
myth. Next was that a compromise
would be reached upon the basis OF
proved without foundation
Reports TO the contrary notwith-
standing Dr. Carson did not preside
nor did he attempt to preside. When
tho meeting was called 10 order by
President Williams. with each of the
six clubs represented, and after n
motion had been put and carried dis
pcnsing with the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting, w
Iy-tG
mond. offered motion that in view of
the fact that DR.. Carson was In at
tendance committee should walt up
on him and request that he address
the meeting.
Upon his introduction TO the body
DIR. Carson took occasion TO say that
he represented the National Board Of
Arbitration and that he was present 20
help the Virginia League to settle its
disputes. He hopeu that some
amicable agreement could be reached
and that the two fractions would get
together There was nothing doing in
the get-togethcr line. The alignment
was foreseen There was never any
waverlng. Richmond. Lynchburg, and
Danvile voted against Williams. The
other three clubs voted for him. a
letter of instructions from j. II. Far
reli. secretary of the National Board
defining just what were the duties OF
the mediator had no effect. Neither
did the We: !; evident desire OF Adj
vigory Counsel Sands, TO put the Will
liams faction In the outlaw class
They sat quietly in the boat. contend
ing that an election had been held.
Agreement ImpossibIc.
II all came about in this wise Nd
visory Counsel Sands moved that the
election OF onicers he entered into. 10
this point OF order was raised The
point of order was that inasmuch as
an election hud been held at a previous
meeting In Petersburg, the question
was not pertinent ut this time. The
point of order was sustained By the
chair An appeal from the decision OF
the chair failed of majority, the vote
being three and three, ar, the chair
was sustained.
After finding that an agreement on
any question was impossible a motion
10 adjourn was made. Prior to tho
vote being put, DR.. Carson again adj
dressed the meeting, asking the mem
bcrs 10 consider well what they were
doing and what effect their action
would have on tho National Board when
his report of the proceedings was con-
sidered. DR.. Cnrson's second talk had
The effect of making the meeting ad
iourn for ono hour. This was at 10
O'clock.
Promptly at midnight the meeting
was called together again. There was
nothing to do. Tho division was as
hopeless as before. Introduction OF
documentary evidence was the pro-
cedure Letters containing the call
for the meeting were introduccd: also
q letter from Williams stating his po-