Clipping:Talk of a minor league combine; foreshadowing the American League; minors resisting the majors
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| Date | Saturday, November 2, 1889 |
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| Text | Secretary Morton has notified the managers of clubs in minor leagues in every part of the country to send representatives to the Western Association's meeting. An alliance, offensive and defensive, will be formed, and then all will lay back on their oars to await the action of the league and brotherhood meetings. The brotherhood meeting will be held Monday, November 11, and the league the day following. If the league passes unreasonable rul3es relating to the minor associations, Morton's plan is to receive propositions from the brotherhood. Should these propositions not meet with favor, a general sessions of the minor leagues is pretty sure to result. Morton has a big scheme for the government of these associations, which has in view the Western Association becoming to the minor associations what the National League has been in the past. In a nutshell, Morton proposes that the Western Association shall become an open competitor to the National League. St. Louis Republic November 2, 1889 The Herald says President Riely V. Miller of the International Base Ball Association to-day appointed Mangars Leadly of Detroit, Dickinson of Syracuse, Fitzgerald of Buffalo and Dixon of Hamilton a committee to represent the International Association at the board of arbitration meeting, to be held in New York on November 18. This was done at the request of all International clubs. Should the board of arbitration attempt to rescind the guaranteed protection given to minor leagues, these gentlemen will carry the matter into the courts. They claim that they have $200,000 invested in players, which, should protection be rescinded, would be lost, and that under such circumstances an international franchise would be of little value. On the other hand, they are willing to come to any fair agreement; that minor leagues would not ask an excessive price for players wanted by the big leagues. In case the board of arbitration attempts to withdraw protection, the minor leagues will all band together, claiming that the articles of agreement are running contracts, which cannot be rescinded, as the minor leagues have fulfilled all requirements, and will begin legal action restraining the big leagues from taking their players. St. Louis Republic November 5, 1889 |
| Source | St. Louis Republic |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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