Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-26
JAY GOULD AS A BEAR.
HOW BE TOOK THE STUFFINCa
our OF SULLY'S TURKEY.

The Wizard Now Ready for Tele-
graph War with Bonanz+ Msckay-A
DRY Goods Firm With ia Delivery
Wsgons-BtG Drives which Lure
Crowds into Dangerous Jams.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.--"Who is Mr..
Sully" blandly inquired Mr.. Jay Gould,
with quiet aud disingenuous smile. as
If he had really never known Of the ex-
istence OF such man. The question was
asked a prominent bull broker, who was
bulllng MIR. Sully's Reading scheme. The
two were seated side by side in the Sixth
avenue elevated railway car on the way
down In the morning to business. The
broker confessed that he had never seen
Mr.. sully, who is so generally mentioned
as the mysterious power behind the throne
In all of Austin Corbin's enterprises. He
it was, according to report, who induced
that gentleman to go into the Coney Island
bonanza, to establish bis banking house to
facilitate mortgages on Sou hern panta-
tlonsi TO wrest the Long Island railroad
from Drexel II Morgan; to speculate In
Richmond Terminal (of which he, MIR.
Suliy, has been eleoLed President),
and the reorganization OF Reading
(of which the other, Mr.. Cor.
bin, rs President) The broker
continued that Mr.. Suiy was reported TO
be worth about $l5,000,000; that be was
the principal man IN the CoTbin Banking
Company; that he was a tall, slender,
ale-faced man, who was natural born
tnancler, and who was so quiet and un-
obtrusive that he was almost mysterious.
Mr.. Gould listened In silence, a charae.
teristic smile disturbing his heavy beard
and mOustacbe until the broker In his en-
thusiasm exclaimed: "ue is more like
you Mr.. Gould, than any man that has
ever appeared on the street, and | tell
YOU be is bound to be your rival" "But
you know am out of the Street now"
observed Mr.. Gould, meeKly, toying with
his silken watch guard. "He's the boss
to-day" responded the other. "Reading
Will close five to ten points higher" be
added. Mir. Gould smiled and smiled.
and observing new building meekly re-
marked: "How many fine buildings are
going up in New York." and then lapsed
INTO silence, no expression on his lace
giving evidence Of his thoughts. 81 see you
are not sustaining your own stocks," at
length the broker observed. "Pm out OF
The MARKET" responded Mr.. Gould, as II
recalled from a reverie OF pleasant sum
mer days on the Atalanta. When the
train reached the R. ct0r street station the
ways, the broker to his Office on Broad
street, and Mr.. Gould to his In the West.
| ern Union building. A few days alter
| ward 1t was found that all the money In
| the banks was loaned, and there was a
| bear RAID and the stufiing was
| literally knocked cut OF the Read
Ing turkey--and Suly Is no longer the
rival OF Jay Gould, wbo is
outspoken as in his denuncat ton of Judge
lrae hu fOr n
when he wants TO be. Who bursted Suily's
| bubble? Jay Gould by Que Of his old
| time bear raids after cornerIng the banks
| The bull broker wishes he hadn't excited
Mr.. Gould by his praises of SuIly. By
| the deal Mr.. Gould made as many millions
| as Mackay scooped up IN the recent Com
stock deal IN San Francisco, which he
wanted for use In a telegraph war with
The little Napoleon, who is now good and
ready for him. BLAKELY HALL.
ii.
For fortnight the city has been
jammed with shoppers residing out OF
town. The volume OF business at the re-
tail stores has been unprecedented. Moth
ing like IL was ever known before in New
York. ODe dry goods firm alone has EN-
ployed 172 delivery wagons. With the
exception OF SUNDAYS, these wagons have
been every day constantly in use. Nine
teen-twentieths OF these purchases have
been made by ladies. Even with this
large number OF wagons goods have
been delivered from forty TO sixty
hours after they were bought. A
| lady who bought half dozen holiday
gifts at the same store SAYS tnat they
came stringing to her home In different
wagons Tor week. A strong force of
men has been kept IN the basement of
each well known store until daylight
asserting and directing the goods sold on
| the previous day. Over 100000 purchase
| in one day are recorded in a tay0rite
| Grand street store. Delivery wagons
| nave been so numerous at the intersec-
| lion of Grand street with the Bowery that
| the streets have been repeatedly block
| AIDED for an hour or more. On Monday a
| line OF Third avenue cars over mile long
awaited the unravelng of one OF these
ol0ckades. On lete days the streets have
| not been more crowded. Fourteenth
street especially has been choked. A lady
assures me that the crowd was so gre at
| recently that 10 took her thirty minutes
| to walk two blocks. Scenes in tue large
stores surpass description. These estab-
| lishments nave been literally Overrun
| with mObs Of weil-dressed ladies'. la
| many cases 1t was absolutely impossible
| 10 reach counters devoted to special sales
| without waiting until the crush was
| over. Ladies' were packed la front OF com
mon couuters three rows deep. the jam
was frequently frightiul. POlteness and
| the communest courtesy were brown TO
the winds. Unlike the men, New York
| women are at such times usually regard
less OF each other's rights and feelings.
Men display strong common sense In
similar situations. They lntuitively form
line, each calmly awaiting his turn.
The weak and sickly are thus protected
and all are satisfied. With the women,
however, impulse overrides Judgment.
Eacn eagerly presses forward, determin-
| ed 20 be In the van, regardless OF cOuse-
| quences. The strong plant their elbows
| in the ribs OF the weak aud force
their way to the counters at all costs.
| IL recalls the picture OF ironclad stea
| boats cutting path through fields of ice.
In some stores, where the crush has
| been greatest, shoppers Of such shrinking
! dispositions nave actually been dlsrObed
| by such AmazObs. Not long ago 1 was
| passing baZar or almost national re-
pute. A crowd of wild-eyed women came
pouring out on the sidewalk. There
were calls for an ambulance. 1t was
with the utmost difficulty that two police
| officers could ascertain the cause OF the
| disturbance, Ii turned out that "a lady on
| crutcbes had been caught in a crush at a
special sale. She tainted and wac severely
| injured. Great sympathy was expressed
/ tor hAr nv tha ahonupfg. DllI within five