New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
FRIKE DATE ISSET
 BY FRATERNITY
h Selects February 20 As Day Of Drastic Action

CIV York, Jan. 17.-February 20 is
 date on which the players strike
 pc brought home to the big league
 owners unless the owners wake before that time and grant the fra 9fty's just requests" So said Dav.
 rultz, the fraternity president, yes-
 lay.
 That is the date set for the first biz
 ue club to start for it's trainina .
 P. President Weeghman of the cA1o NAuonAls has instructed hfs
 ers to report in Chicago on that
 to start for the clubs training
 r & Faeadena, Cal, but unless our
 leSts are granted before that ateen players-no substitutes. but
 stars and regular players on the m-wtll not budge. As it beoom es Tor the other clubs to mobilize TX will be confronted by the same adon. The players will not move, Amliation with the American Fed Hon of Labor will buttress our po- Pn and make the result of the ke inevitable. Our decision to ap- for . charter in the American lferation of Labor came after we ln statements from President John-
 of the American league that he pld crush the fraternity, drive me
 of baseball and force players ac- I in the fraternity to quit the fra aity or hts league. We felt we ded soMething to lean upon to pro- k and strengthen our hands.
 pissects Opponents Arguments. |I have every reason to believe our plication for federation charter
 be promptly granted, and it will a great thing for the players. Talk | joining the federation will make nAndard salary for all players is prattie and meant to cloud the is- The White Rats are members of 1 federation, but that does not mean t the high priced artists will get the ne pay as performers with a fair
 A majority of the Authors union ored Joining the federation last amer, but that did not mean the gazne stars favored standard hry with the beginners just break
 irf.
 cannot see how they dare fight us pr we become members of the fed ltion. Baseball is a game which ap- lls to the working classes and in I strongly, unionized cities out west
 effort to crush a players union nld not meet with much favor. I think of several western cities ere owners would make a great hit they attempted to sign semi pro- Fionals and minor 1eaguers of the yer grades as strike breakers.
 FThe commission and the club own do not seem to be able to compre- Id the temper of the players. Not ty did almost 700 players sign sdges not to sign contracts last sea- l, but within the last four weeks ters were sent to all the pledged syers asking whether they still in- Id to go through with the issue, and sy all replied Yes
 Sallee Broke Pledge.
 "Sallee of the Giants was one of the syers who wrote back Yes, and two ieks later he broke his pledge and ned with the Giants We imme- ttely sent man to see Sallee at his rm and Sallee told him how sorry
 was after he had sent the contract the New York club. Sallee volun- ared to go to Cincinnati immediate and make statement that he Duld not report to the Giants until e differences between the fraternity Id the minor leagues are settled, but } were unable to overlook his of nee. It might have set a bad ex- peI him. There is strong feeling 'a!nst Sallee by the players and his yning has strenthened the determin ion of the other players to stick i. 1t.
 Johnson's View on Unionism. Ban Johnson, president of the Am ican league and the leading fighter
 the organized baseball army. says the players want to join the Ameri. n Federation of Labor and work fol lion pay they can go right ahead )f course if the players want to joir e union they must accept everything lionism implies. It naturally vii can the passing of salaries and tn, stem of unionized standardized ages.
 "Unionized baseball would simpl! mount to this: It would mean tha, e star who has been receiving hi ousands and the just average play who has been drawing one-third o ss will be working for the sam wage. To unionize tn .ofession cannot help end the salar stem. Of course the star will b ore than pleased with such an ar but if that is not Wha lionism means, then what does l