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Show BUTTE PLAYERS STRIKE NO SALARY FOR M01f; Refuse to Play Until They Are Paid Club oi m Michigan and No One Has Funds Boys Need Board Money BUTTE Mont Aug 4 Unless bus ness men and fr ends of baseball n Butte get b sy to morrow and ra se $2000 for m med ate se baseball n Butte s a dead ss e and the Un on assoc at on as t s at present const tuted w 11 go up Butte and Helena we e to ha e Opened a ser es here tb s afternoon but the Butte players struck at noon because they bad not been pa d any salar es for a month When they got home f om the r southern tr p they found that Larry Duggan the owner of the franch se was n Calumet M ch on an ndefin te vacat on "Matt Barry an assoc ate n the venture d s cla med any respous bil ty and Pres dent Murphy of the assoc at on sa d he had no author ty to pay the men even f the assoc at on treasury were flush wh ch it is not Has No Money Murphy sa d that the e was not even left the $1000 forfe t posted by Butte as part of that was used to meet the pro rata assessment to meet Murray s debts and other obi gat ons of th asso ciat on So thej players held an ind gnat on meet ng and dec ded to str ke They d d not go to the par and there will be no game "Wednesday and none th s week unless $2100 back sala y is given them There appears to be 1 ttle prospect of gett ng it r ght away Some of the players have no money for board and lod- ng b Us and those who th nk they will have to? town are left h gh an dry 4 ' It was sa d tonight that E be glad of a chance to M 2' under i Chance for Angel j If Duggan wires that he the club and forfe ts the fran v!' ana-el who wantTto ba k ? the rest of the season wiUP i; of the original fofetandij the Det 0 t Ame cana f0 v Pteher McCreery MeCrerri have gone to Detro t tonitf had no travel ng expen e m no one connected v th the clnh give h m any He said lie up the sale money until he iraa salary The Petro t manag B , not to have Ma shal comua, they had canceled the bny was learned that Ma shall had It r ght legjit Salt Lake Players Need Funds The plaj e s he d an nd gnah ing and asked Pres dent Mntf get them money enough to 1 t til some settlement was nfc pres dent w red Duggan a 4 Ducky Holmes who s also c sent a caust c message to D ni A comm ttee f om the Butt t j of commerce wi 1 t y tomorr w suffic ent money to pay the July a. I and start the series aga 11 j The races are he e now a d tendance w 11 hardly pay the pi of the v s to s and whoe til ! club is bound to shoude adfc |