Clipping:An upcoming conference between the Brotherhood and the League; the Brush plan
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| Date | Wednesday, June 26, 1889 |
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| Text | The Brotherhood's demands will be discussed by the League and Brotherhood committee at Chicago next week. The demands are: Abolition of classification and re-imbursement for all loss by its operation covered by contract. No reservation for a salary less than previous year. Absolute abolition of the practice of selling players. If no agreement is reached a strike may come. The Sporting Life June 26, 1889 Before starting for Cleveland Monday night short stop Ward, president of the Ball Player's Brotherhood, said that a conference will be held shortly, probably at Chicago, between committees representing the Brotherhood and League. Ward, of New York, Hanlon, of Pittsburg, and Brouthers, of Boston, will look after the interest of the players, and Day, of New York; Rogers, of Philadelphia, and Spalding, of Chicago, the League's. The object of the conference is to take definite action in regard to the classification system, which the Brotherhood has resolved to fight to the end. “Salary limits and classification systems,” said an officer of the Brotherhood... “will be knocked in the head altogether. A ball player is worth all a club can afford to give him, and he will get it. These schemes are devised by mean managers who want to keep the men down to rock-bottom prices in order to enable them to pocket big dividends. On account of the reserve rule, which is a necessity, we cannot play where we please, but we can and will defeat schemes of the classification order.” The Sporting Life June 26, 1889 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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