Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-20

Stocks Featureless Capital Afraid TO
Invest Until ihe Strike Craze
Dies Ont.
The street Pull OF Rumors Tending 60
Bear tho Market Heavy Dealings
In coffee.
COMMERCIAL REsrmg.

COMMERCIAL hEtt nv.
Special lOthe Gazette.
Ngw YoRg, April H. The railway
bond market was active, but irregular
Texas Pacific incomes were 3s3 do Ric
Grande division 5li; Gulf, Colorado 6
Santa Fe 2's 1854; Houston & Texas Cen
trail 1861; Galveston, Harrisburg G Sar
Antonio 1913; Missouri Pacific IL.
Cotton advanced one point.
Wheat was lower and irregular.
OIL dropped and closed al 7Gsc.
Tie coffee dealings this morning az The
opening were the heaviest for i've weeks,
and amounted to $3.50 bags, the list show
ing an advance Of points Tor May and
June and unchanged quotations for the
later months.
Governments closed Arm,
MONEY l1012 per cent.
Sterling steady.
TuE sIREET FtIL on RtMORs.
spcclAi 20 n trasett.
NEW York, Aprilla II rQmors were
all that were needed to got the stock
market down the npod II stories ailoat
to-day must have preclpitRtad . sharp
decline As 50 WAS, however the multi
tudinous reports had comparatively littls
effect and the fluctuations were hardly
equal 90 those usually attendant upon a
purely traders market. The "tie-upn
on nearly all Of the surface railways here
and the belligerent attitude Of the
striking Lake Shore switchmcn at
Chicago afforded ample scope for the
committee 70 ply their vocation. At one
time IL was reported that the Seventh
regiment had been ordered to postpone
heir trip south and another that com
binaiion u New York Central and Lake
Shore employees had been formed for the
purpose Of making certain demands UPON
the companies. Neither o. these rumors
were correct, and In regard TO the latter
II was stated by officials OF the companies
that The employees had no grievances.
RumOrs were also thick In regard TO a
newly formed bear clique, and Cammack,
WoeIishiffer and other operators were
mentioned In connection Herewith
There were no such evidences in the
market, unless the attack on Jersey Gem
trail around o'clock, when the stock
suddenly broke over two points, might
be considered part OF the programme
simultaneously with the raid on Jersey
Central, there was selling movement all
over the list, and prices declined little
more than they had previously advanced.
The announcement that Plock & Co. had
engaged sf50000 gold bars for Europe,
Notwithstanding the fact that exchange Is
below the exporting point, was used in
depressing the list
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND bonds.
NRw YORK, April 9,--Goyerrment
bonds dull and steady.
Railroad bonds dull except some specu-
latlye trading IN East Tennessee incomes
and West Shore 4's.
stocks were Without feature. Every
thing is waiting for some definite news
regarding the strikes in this city and else
where. Reports from the West are
showing that the strike was
extending In certain directions, but
prices are yielding only moderately. The
extreme fluctuations for the day were
within the range Of per cent,
and the closing prices show losses of 4Gt
! as a rule, though Pacific Mail, Jersey
Central and st. Paul & Duluth are down
oech. Laokawanna is unchanged.
Western Union sold as low as So on con-
frmaiory statements regarding cable
rates, and closed with net luss at G8I
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
spocis 70 the Gazette
NEW ORLEANS, April l9.--Sugar-
Strong; open kettle unchanged centri-
iugnl higher; choice white, 6tc; off |
white, s-iGc; choice yellow, &c; prime
yellow, sac; seconds, 4 10 4Ic; refinery
sugar, MARKET firm at an advance;
powdered, 10 7lc; standard graduated, |
u TO 6lS-l6ci coniectioner's A, 81 to
G3c.
Moasses- Unchanged.
Rlce-Quiet.
CoGee-Steady at previous prices,