Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-17

Among the most noticeable sales have
been the following: Ten thousand pounds
Ohio X 80G98lci $4,000 Ohio sic; 22OO
ohio No 38@34c; 1900 Ohio Xxx 329c;
10000 Georgia L T; $4,000 unwashed q
@26ci 10000 understandable 2lc; 900
medium uuwashed 26c; 20, 900 supers so
td35c; 200 A super 33@84c; 1000 secured
j2@55c; 5000 do Csc; 30 600 Oregon III. /;
10000 Australian 3i@39c; 2l2 400 col
onlal Pt; l75 400 Australian and New
Zealand 2s@3SEc; 10 900 Monteyideo 27c;
200 Antwerp pulled 55c.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND bonds.
NEW YORK, April iG,-- Government
bonds duh but firm
Railroad bonds very quiet
Stocks continued duh and dropping
The market opened to 1 lower and
further declined 4 to Z, but the extreme
fluctuations were generally within | per
cent. On slight rally during the fore.
noon the highest prices were reached
and the lowest quotations were made
generally In the last hour, from which
there was a small reaction and again
downward tendency at the close. North
western declined TO 1864 on reports
that the company was TO issue $50 ,000,-
900 additional bonds for the purpose OF
extending its lines. II is stated that
three banking houses In this city have al
ready taken 50 100000 OF the issue and
that the remainder win be sold as the
money is needed. The general weakness
of the market Is attributed to the unset
tied condition OF railroad traffic growing
ont Of the strikes in existence and those
that are threatened
COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special 10 the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April l6. Railway bonds
to-day were weaker and lower, Sales
were made as follows: Fort Worth 6
Deliver City at Ssh; Texas & Pacific iu-
comes at SO; Kansas & Texas rs at lllk;
do general mortgage at 94 Missouri Pa.
ciic at ll2i Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa Fe
gold 6's at l0i; Missouri, Kansas & Texas
SIS at 79s.
Oh closed at 75l.
Cotton declined about point.
Wheat was from ! to , points higher
There liz scarcity of wheat owing 10 the
difficulty In o0talnlng box cars TO transfer
The what from the interior, and THIS, with
The manipulation In speculation, has
caused an advance ia prices. lt Is be.
lieved that there is a good deal of wheat
Ah TAG sNhlet enough 10 continue a mOder.
ate export movement and leave carry
over stock July
Cnntc continued dull
Governments closed quiet
Money la92 per cent.
Foreign exchange nominal aud un.
changed
EFFECT on LABOR rRouDLEs.
special 80 the Gazette.
Nhw YURK, Aptil lG--The labor cues.
ton Still hangs Ike cloud over moi
only the stock market, hut over all other
business as well, 1t must bc acknowl.
edged by aii that there Can be but on,
result at last, viz, that organized labor
must Inevitably abandon an its com
munistic demands for Joint control Of tne
employees properly aud all attempts e
dictate as to whom or how many shall b,
employed Nevertheless the apprehen
sion OF trouble IN arriving at this poln,
causes nneaSiness, checks free movement
OF the Investment Of capital aud create.
the hard times that, like a milestone, vii
grind the lahorer moro severely III oc
fore and possibly cause further discon
tent and disturbance before he learns b,
experience that II Is the result OF his owr
doing. This kind Of feeling is the chic
elcmcn, 81 present ~ maintaining NE de