National League Defends its Role in Baseball Controversy
Philadelphia report on the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs releasing an address to the public. It asserts the league’s integrity since 1876, defending its rule changes, restraint on betting, and the reserve clause, while detailing disputes with players and a broader labor split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Messrs
A. G. Spsiding
Chicago
John B. Day
New York
John Rodgers
League
National League
National Association of Professional Ball Players
Mutuals
Athletica
Tut
Ene
Langan Prometty Slapeter Aaee
Guatges
Fou Bieteis
Angene Tees
National League vows season support amid player tensions
The National League declares its commitment to enforce players' contractual rights and sustain professional baseball into 1890. It asserts the game's integrity and history since 1874, resisting efforts by a few overpaid players to dominate, and emphasizes unity under league authority.
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Rxport
National League
Destra
Green Earth
National League of Professional Baseball
Spalding Passes Through Chicago Talks Baseball Contracts
A. G. Spalding, a leading League magnate, spoke in Chicago about baseball matters on a Philadelphia to Chicago trip. He voiced support for the League address, defended contracts with players and warned of potential court and contract issues if Brotherhood terms falter, predicting shifts if players refuse to sign with Chicago clubs.
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A. G. Spalding
Philadelphia
Chicago
Yio
Saeeen
Lasque el Wise
Erie
Ener
Brotherhood
Shas Tener
Spalding
Healee
Brotherhood One
Pittsburg
Brotherhood Gossips Shape Charter Plan for Local Club
John M. Ward announced a charter application under liability partnership laws to organize the Brotherhood club within days. He accused Makoneett Glasscock and others of treachery while detailing expected $800 advances for Galvin and Becket. Ward and Hanlon pressed talks with Johnson in Cleveland and Cincinnati about the club and its prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Ward
Brotherhood Club
Ward
Glasscock
Johnson
Cleveland
Hanlon
Brotherhood
Makoneett Glasscock
Igsid
Flier
Galvin
Beckley
Cincinnati
Buck Ewing
Brooklyn Baseball Club Limited Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Brooklyn Baseball Club Limited were filed with the Secretary of State. Capital stock is fixed at 50,000 dollars, consisting of 500 shares of 100 dollars each. Named incorporators include Ferdinsed A Abel Josephat Doyle Keary McLean and John.
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Dispatch
Albany
Brooklyn Baseball Club, Limited
A. Abel Josephat Doyle Keary
McLean
John
Lively Lightweight Bout Ends With Arrests
In Hammond Indiana two fighters Tommy Morgan and Tom White clashed in a brutal fifty four round bout before police intervened. White, a novice previously working as a blackboard man, showed skill but was arrested along with Morgan as officers quelled a stampede mid fight.
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Chitcaco
Hammond
Ind
Tommy Morgan
Tom White
White
Dunham
Board of Trade
Morgan
America
Jack Dempsey
Eataas
Kennington
Players Speak Out on League Address and Brotherhood
CarcaGo reports a chorus of veteran League players in the city voicing skepticism about the League managers and the Brotherhood. Fred Pfeffer accuses the address of self-praise while questioning the motives and financial details behind the push to reform the game. Other players echo Pfeffer, supporting the need for transparency as the national game seeks progression.
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CarcaGo
Associated Presa
Brotherhood
Fred Pfeffer
Mr. Pfeffer
League
Spalding
Boston
Nationale
Pieffer
Pittsburg League Club Signs Seventeen Players
Pittsburg club announces seventeen players engaged for next season. Six pitchers including two lefties. Trial for Shible of Youngstown and Stencil. Haller from Wheeling signed to Philadelphia League terms. Nimick says league issues aside, baseball will continue without conspirators.
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Pittsburg
Harry Smith
Tale Shible
Youngstown
Stencil
Haller
Wheeling Cla
Harry W
Nimick
Brotherhood
Beckley Affirms Stand With Brotherhood In Line
Jake Beckley declares he will stay in line with the Brotherhood, replying to Ed Hanlon with a firm message that he will never weaken. Ed Andre travels east, bringing bits of news as Hanlon plans to court Dunlap and Conway in Phimentree.
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Jake Beckley
Brotherhood
Ed Hanlon
Glasscocks
Beckley
Ed Andre
Citage
Local officials challenge address as misleading
Ed Hanlon denies that more than 130000 have been cleared by League clubs in five Ed Andrews. Al Johnson Gal vin and Miller say the address is very defective and expressed similar criticisms.
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Ed Hanlon
Rtx
Ed Andrews
al Johnson
Galvin
Miller
Farrell Signs to Play for the Pt Players in National League
MAaRLpoRO Massachusetts reports catcher Charles Farrell of the Chicago League has signed to play for the Pt Players’ National League team. The move aligns Farrell with a prestigious circuit, signaling a major step in his professional baseball career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maarlporo
Mass
Charles Farrell
Pe Beason
Philanthropist Victim of Y M C A Swindler Faces Assignment
San Francisco November 21 Charles Montgomery owner of the American Exchange Hotel says he was swindled out of about 80 000 by E Glencross Grant a young man linked to the Young Men's Christian Association. Grant formed the Bull and Grant Farm Implement Company, took capital and used proceeds from sales. Montgomery, whose assets total about 118 000 against liabilities of 220 000, plans an assignment as the man’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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San Francisco
Charles Montgomery
American Exchange
E. Glencross Grant
Young Men's Christian Association
Montgomery
Agricultural Implementness
Bull and Grant Farm Implement Company
Los Angeles
Grant
Lee An
Glencross
London
Edward Glencross
Railway Clearing House of
Ebenezer Glencross
Pierce Confirmed as United States Senator for North Dakota
In Bismarck North Dakota November 21 Gilbert A Pierce is proclaimed United States Senator after a final assembly vote. The joint Assembly accepted his speech of acceptance and adjourned amid a 32 to 30 vote tally in which several ties occurred. A caucus is unlikely to proceed due to the tied com mittee results and a second senatorial contest awaits legislative action tomorrow at noon.
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Johnson
Crowes Caiting
Elizabeth
Eliebeth
Teenae Poe
Hepariee
Preedom II
Prinur
Regan Se Warne
Alfred FE
Wincus
Eikion
Readle Cortland
Owen
Roe
Tom Kearns
Bontemars
Barnes
Treodosin
Oregon
Peace and stability reported in Brazil with government support
Dr Valente, Brazil’s minister, told the State Department that recent reports from Brazil show peace and tranquility and that the new government enjoys popular backing. He said authorities authorized natives to continue to act for Brazil in the Inter national American Congress and delegates to the International Marine Conference likely received similar instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasa Hixetox
Dr. Valente
Brazil
State Department
Valente
Brasil
Federal Steel Company Formed to Unite Wire and Nail Firms
Cleveland reports the formal organization of the Federal Steel Company a merger of wire wire nail and barbed wire plants. Key figures include J W Gates of St Louis and George T Oliver of Pittsburg as likely president and vice president with meetings to set officers and contracts including steel billets and wire rods. Some firms resist fearing material supply limits as the nine rod mills may be absorbed into the consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Steel Company
Cleveland
Oliver
Pittsburg
W’eddell
Jobe W. Gates
St. Louis Wire Company
St. Louis
T. McCosh
McCoshron and Steel Company
Burl In
Joel Sharpe
Salem Wire Nail Company
James Sincere
of Allire Fence Company
Cincinnati
Sears F'Basen
Cincinnati Wire Nany Cincinnati
F. Baon
E- Ammerian Wire Nail Company
Covington, Andensor Ind
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
American Wire Company
Consolidated Corporation
H. P. Nail Works
J. W. Gates
George T. Oliver
Nine Rod Mills
America
Disgraceful Death Reveals Family Fortune Lost in Speculation
A St Louis businessman R H Payne killed himself in Jersey City on October 10. Investigators uncovered a complex scheme selling an estate bought for 40000 by Payne from a special commissioner, with loans and real estate pledges, leaving heirs impoverished as the fortune evaporated. The widow and five minor children faced destitution.
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Pum
St. Lovuis
R. H. Payne
St. Louis
Jersey City
Mr. Payne
Payne
W. W. Rutledge
Rochester Ford
Special Commissioner
Special
Cial
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Find
American Opera Glass Company
Esate
Oom Pias
Wall Street
New York
Railroads Form 99 Year Transit Alliance Across West
An officer states unions UP and Vanderbilt may hold mortgages on western states as Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Chicago Rock Island Pacific create a 99 year pact. The Atchison Rock Island alliance foundations a new transcontinental route named Atchison and Rock Island at Dodge City Kansas. Westbound Rock Island traffic to Pacific slope to Atchison then eastbound to Rock Island, with a reciprocal flow of business.
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Curcaco
Union Pacific
Vanderbilt
Missouri River
Atchison System
Atchison, Topeka
Sants Fe
Chi
Rock Island and Pacific
Atchison and
Rock Island
Dodge City
Kan
Atchison
Pacific Slope
Rock Island Allness
Alliance
Ex Governor Alger Addresses G A R Post in New York
Ex Governor Russell A Alger of Michigan, as Commander in Chief of the G A R, spoke at Alexander Hamilton Post 182 in Arthur Halli. He urged pension measures and a Congress bill to record each war soldier's history, to aid widows and poor veterans, and praised not using claim agents. He also mentioned Corporal Tanner and requested a recess to greet members.
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New York
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Alexander Hamilton
Arthur Halli
William T. Wood
A. R. Penfield
Alger
Congress
Corporal Tanner
Almost as good as gold metal discovery in Birmingham
A Birmingham man has spent a year perfecting a metal resembling gold. It is as heavy as gold, can be produced cheaply at about 60 cents a pound, and is workable by hammering or drawing. The metal is not a compound, reduced to a gold-like appearance by chemicals, with no patent claimed or discoverable secret.
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Fp Volumiarus
Bre
Cirof
Mockholdera
Sayin
A Ca
Groun
Poe
Seces
BriDceront
Conn
Birmingham
F. Jones
Bellevennon Company
Kahn
Youghingleny Company
Philadelphia Company
Murrysville
Bellevennon
Bellevernon
Bellevernon Company
Mono ¢Ia Gas Company
Evernon Company
Brownsvill
Baile
Ginger and
Monongahela
W. Gon
Eee Vies
Eee
M Gah
G Hill
Jones
Mnal Center
Ape
Hile
Jonee & Lai Ieee
Canada Nearing Independence Amid Monarchical Remnant
A Montreal telegram notes that Brazil’s republic inspires Canada to seek full independence from monarchy. The Herald and La Patrie discuss Canada as the last monarchical stronghold in the Americas and express hope for a future free from European rule.
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Montreal
Brazil
Republic
Canada
Herald
Liberal Party
la Patrie
Heckumtean
Coking
Kattren Lane
Tinosin
Paes
da Fonseca
America
Canada as a Republic Debate Rules Headlines
Montreal dispatch reports several French papers favoring a Canadian Republic including La Patrie Le Lecteur Canadien and Le evenement. The Herald notes Britain and America’s intercourse and high officials’ behavior may influence Canada while Australia weighs its own move toward independence.
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Montreal
Brasil
la Patrie
le Lecteur
Canadien
Levenement
Herald
Dominion
Great Britain
America
Canada
Australis
WANTED TO GO TO JAIL A GIRL BECOMES A THIEF
Hattie Cummings a 17 year old girl pleaded guilty in General Sessions to stealing clothing from Mrs. Carrien Smith at 805 West Nineteenth street on November 10. Her counsel said she came from an excellent family and was betrayed and deserted, leading her to steal to obtain morphine to treat insomnia and recover while imprisoned. She hoped confinement would break the morphine habit and pleaded guilty mainly to get rest and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hattie Cummings
Carrien Smith
West Nineteenth Street
Bellevernon field shows pocket nature with high rock pressure
The Bellevernon field exhibits concentrated pockets with strong rock pressure in long distance wells. Dry holes and scattered gas shows suggest limited, localized productivity, while operators note risks and the need for careful drilling in this region.
Massive wood pulp boiler shipped to West Virginia mill
R. Munroe and Son of West Point Boiler Works announced yesterday the shipment from their factory of a record size wood pulp boiler. The boiler measures about 8 feet by 30 feet and weighs near 20 tons, built with heavy iron plate. It will be installed at a paper mill near Piedmont, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Munroe & Son
West Point
Peidmont
W. Va
Big engine shaft breaks at Oliver Bros mill
Local item reports the main shaft of the Oliver Bros and Phillips South Fifteenth street steel mill broke yesterday afternoon, halting work and causing a week of idleness for men and boys in that plant and part of the adjacent South Tenth street mill. A series of arrests included Alexander Clare sent from Mifflin county to Riverside Penitentiary for 18 months on larceny charges, Annie W held for court on liquor selling charges from a speak easy raid, and Michael Lynch jailed on desertion charges after his wife Anna testified before Alderman.
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Oliver Bros. & Phillips
South Fifteenth Street
South Tenth Street
Alexander Clare
Riverside Penitentiary
Mifflin County
Fiian
Annie We
Trate Gripp
Michael Lynch
Anna
Engineers Unite To Form National Engineering Society
A telegram from November 21 reports engineers from four major societies planning a national merger. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers, and American Institute of Electrical Engineers discuss forming a large federation to coordinate members and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Jety of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Institute of el Engineers
Aie
Aie Deman
Bershi
Seisiy
President appoints McDowell Kentucky tax collector
Was announced today in Was Hisrchos. Thomas Clay McDowell of Kentucky was named Collector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh district, succeeding William Cassius Goodloe. McDowell is a son-in-law of the late Colonel Goodloe.
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Hisrchos
Thomas Clay McDowell
Kentucky
William Cassius Goodloe
Possible Murder Case Narrows After Coroner's Review
Woman Kate Donovan dies after alleged violence. James Hanney arrested for murder. Investigation notes lack of external injuries. morgue exam pending to confirm internal trauma. Witnesses include Daniel Welsh and Sam Simpson. Police say house on Jopes avenue near Twenty sixth street is central to the inquiry.
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James Hanney
Kate Donovan
Jopes Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Hanney
Central Station
Daniel Welsh
Mary Welsh
Peter Beams
Sam Simpson
Annie Simpson
Kateve
Miller
James Burke
William Simpson
Sapaceneadene
Police
O'Mara
Ae Eeele
Italian Elopement Sparks Police Missing Couple Tale
Police report last night that Ross Carsaro and his wife Mrs Carsaro vanished from their East Larimer boarding house. The Italian couple boarded the 1240 train to the city after taking 70 in cash and three gold rings. Mrs Carsaro, mother of one, is believed to have been involved. detective August Buffalo leads the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Carsaro
Petro Carsaro
Larimer Avenue
Noes
Carsaro
John Francis Chillo
Wabantes
Pennsylvanis
Murdered for Fifty Cents Near Elizabethtown Skeleton Identified
A skeleton found near Elizabethtown is identified as Ira Doss about six months dead. Investigators questioned Alexander Kabrey and others. A cousin confessed to killing for 50 cents and concealing the body.
Glass Smashed in Cabdriver Injury at Dugaream
At about midnight Martin Hopper, a Kennedy livery driver in Allegheny, fell and smashed the cabman's glass. The incident led to an altercation and the catapulting of glass fragments. Authorities released a suspect identified as Sylvan.
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Cution
Martin Hopper
Kennedy
Allegheny
Coptsia Sylvan Ff
Beeweries Prosperous
Herman Strack & Co. gains an addition valued at 100000 dollars, securing growth for the brewing enterprises of Herman Straub & Co. within the Union area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Strack & Co
Herman Straub & Co
Old Woman Wanders To Mayor’s Office In Pittsburgh
An elderly, frail woman entered the Allegheny Mayor’s office claiming to be Mrs. McCune and saying she had camped on city streets all night. She could not recall her first name and said she left Bloomfield and East Had to visit a friend at 161 Ellsworth Avenue. She refused assistance and chose to return to the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Robbery near Union depot leads to arrests
A man identifying himself as Thomas Cummins told Officer Moran he was robbed of a watch by three men near the Union depot last night. He named Bull James Stanton and Joseph Butler as the assailants and they were arrested at Central station, but no watch was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cummins
Moran
Union Depot
James Stanton
Joseph Butler
Central Station
EES Opposes Royal at Essex Street Boston
A terse line states EES only opposes Royal at 41 Essex Street in Boston Massachusetts, signaling a local dispute or listing without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROYAL
Essex St
Boston
Masa
River Telegrams Special Telegrams Report River Readings
Telegraph notices record river levels and weather notes. Brownaville shows 3 feet 6 inches and rainy conditions with a 47 degree thermometer reading.
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pieraTem
T MonraanTown
Brownaville
Clifton to-morrow cast list short on accuracy
The clipped telegram from New York lists the Clifton cast for tomorrow but the text is garbled. Names and roles are mostly unreadable, leaving only faint hints of Samuel D and Jonna with unclear details.
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Cliffes
Dufaatch
Clifton
Samuel D Kh
Jonna
Vivid
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Bardehi
Brotherhood Committee
the Brooklyn Club Incorporated
Pfeffer
Farrell
North Dakota
the Federal Steel Company
R. BH. Payne
Himmelf
Ballerarion
Hickory and
Canonsburg
Ginger Hill
Wood and Monongahela Company
Marryeville
Probecen
Bellevernon Compan
Belle Vernon Company
Mononola Company
Bellwood
Ballevannon
Monongahela City
Maple Creek
Caing
Mon Olsen
Ballyvernon
T. Dawson
Mrs. Goodloe
Jacobs OL
Mark
A. Vogeler CO
Chille
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Sixth Avenue
C. P. Huntington
Rogers’ Royal
St. Andrews
Omega
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Pennsylvania
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Findlay
Wil A. Hoy
Washington, D. C
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Rockton
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Peg Wellington
Kin—Dusbeyne
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Paca Murphvy
Ayer
Dr. J
Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mase
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United States
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Denisaben Gettin
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