players with four years of experience were given 150,000 just to get through the strike, totaling 175 million. Both parties agree to allow the intervention of the Federal Meditation and Conciliation Service. The union ultimately countered the owners' second offer of “luxury taxes,” implementing a sales tax instead. the owners rejected the counterproposal, thus leading to the cancellation of the world series. The negotiations and strike ended when a federal judge issued an injunction against the owners. The 1995 season resumed on April 25 under the expired conditions