Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-26

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- 81 ths bie buildings 10 ths yfesnny
n ioveg Brssduay aud . teiezfsth
e.eeator sesttons6 there, vho sees the
0ngestj9ue oyss the vtfe 10 snsshes
crnra1os ia TIE backst shops.
s(ln ths DAYS tkas stocks vsse jamP-
&c aeeaud pretty lively u husftsa tbe
ssis-,aDh spefstor, Who wss ssndicR
~ auSs aioos ffosn tbs ticker. sud ysss
oe1sn Il had yard o. too OF taps 10
~ hsnds. bfare nnabls 70 keep AZ 9Th
1b1 snpsd n,ovsmsrss Of The ticker. We
ous Of ID - Gays The opssssof nss.oso
1kas Cntoo Psaide vss 75z on shs piscs
n oace b held 10 his band, spd 90
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iee licked % vas safpf ED 70 nos'os
chs same stock seilina a. 10. crop o.
IN ger cent. This sss him 70 tntnAins
hov sasy Is would be 10 MAKE Q rev
herdeed Collars il . brother operator
va down 10 q bookss shop.
.Afser bosires, that dag be met the
operator vhY secsivsd the prisss o. to-
sI8os ard sotd hteo bos be had been
unsbie 10 kssp 90 With the ticker. and
hsv nice IL vould be n they would ess
another telegraph orefAses sfin W..
money 10 10 dosn fbs nsxs osJ. sno -
fhs sane thing oeenfSrd be would tell
hsm on the vire vhsn 70 bay and shsn
- sell.
sTbs tvo young uen nj onos kanssd
N mutual friend, Also Telegraph
o. Katos. sho had few hundred doi.
lsss SAVED 40. md 70 him thsy oasoioeo
DIR sch me.
sfsfearaph operators % rule are nos
dleW 10 catch on. and this party Was no
exception. Tbs trio ARRANGED Q COO
Of signals 10 b used on The suoffov,
asd ths three youos zen retired 20
their respective oeoohes that nishs and
dssanasd Of hviua In o fifth Avenue
@ansi ., wearing cisthes lIke berry
Wall or Bob HiIiisrd, aud Speeding ~
the Is snlevaSf toward 0sbe bAse's Dc
hind . $1,000 pair Of bays.
"A fev minutes after ~ o'clock tne
usxt mornire toe third party 70 tha ar
youeemsps sanpfertd ieisussiy into The
bsckst shop AID took up pesiiisn near
the counts, whefe be could hnar tue
oliek. siick of the tsisaraVn Instrument.
The maskss opened stead. bat about
II O'Clock stocks bsRfn 10 jump areand
pretty lively. Tie telegraph tDssfamsni
0eCpCed suddsniy. Then came she sia
nal for shs tsisersphsr 10 make trade.
"Essyoasly putstna his hand into bis
pockss BE- dssv forth roll ef bills that
s. had . fec minutes previously drawn
from . broadway savings bank. and
soepeine up 10 the clerk, boushs 100
SHARES, or 500 worth, Of Western
Unsop. Tho telegraph inssrnmsns
aeAin began 20 click meffiiy, and IN o
isv minutes Western Union oomnenced
.Ths whols market followed. and tbs
crowd began TO boy their fsvorue
sseoks. western Uaion had advanced
~ Ger cent. when ths market agsin Be
sa1s steady. The tslesrsph instrument
etoviy aad deliberately seconded the
signal 10 close tbs deal, aud shs smart.
bus sxcrsdlnsiy nervous yoanx nan
seepped 40 20 ths esshtef's windos. pre-
ssntsd bis WESTERN uason ooniracs. 40 q
vac handed t22b. pfoat Of ti25. This
vAa more mouey shan he ooald have
saved 10 three months, and fearing thai
his nss vousuess would be- notiosd By
ths crowd, be hastily pockesed the
mouey and qnit TIE place. not daring 10
Sspsa, tho op' rstioo that day.
"Nov, vasD's thai slick piscs Of
businessy That started the ball roll.
leg. and in . fcv days mast every buck
q ,hsc In Now Yafh Gas psyi1s tripute
10 smart crowd Of selearsphets. Tue
boys worried tbs thing IA good shspe.
ana the bucket shap men viewed the
matter paiiosoph,eaiiy. saying 10 them
selves. The SPECTATORS IRE having their
tnring, bat cell sci 10 all back. and
more too. 10 q few daya' Bat they
were missahsn this time. spd In ZEE
coatss Of fee weeks the bucket shop
men began 90 lay down. one after an
other. until all had been bsekrnp,ed.
The exceptions were . few smart Jews,
vho refused 10 trade With ans body ex-
cert thsif old customers.
"a fec OF these telegraphefs sreus
their III gotten wealth in rsoioas di.si
patton. bat Ines Of several sxes psions.
and les me veil 700 tesy don's bsvs 10
do any seieersphine either. Those tsis'
graph operators sss smart los
III IL NOS aeoerally knosn,' oon
tinued the old gentle man. "thas with
one or Two exceptions. tie puckrs shops
get their stock Quotations throa9h the
aaeacs Of q tfio II telegraph Operators.
1hesp thre mea we're employed By TIE
Western union up 10 the tins OF the
great tells .rapaess sarik- Ia Jelly. issS
and vhen t1ss vas declared oa two Of
theo. whe we're leaders amsns the
sarikefs, vere hissk- listed and refused
vork By abe western pnioo. Those
owo drifted Into Wall street.. Ose be-
came member of the Oh Exchange
and the other secured lsosaiea as oycs-
asor 9Th = hEokss. Tee Other party
vas given wofk by ths Western Uslcp.
bas esiy rensised st i9s short time,
because AZ a cls % 6stnsny died aud
isfs ~ $500 When he received the
m, pey be FOR hv,,h resigned his posi
tion ana hsssn specializing IN oaekst
shspe. Lake ali osher lambs be exscss
Cd ~ become rico IN . short time. Bat
be lost bis ssaise lass the sane a. tee
sess Of Ne. lie s&s giaeky feliox
Though apd sooa sreasra positscn 80
Operator, sendsng frem stoek tiektr 10
Q baekst saop-
"ths. particular bgskst shop failed.
and these thtes Operators secured she
stcek ticker. They shr1 fosasd them
solves iuts a staek ea5zAtiou company,
aHd w . seost eass srFe saiiins qaoga
tons 10 N 81 % tie bSckrt saoys Ia
this cav. II The ssecA Eksasege eceid
ncs she bess Of ,ooss shsss operators II
would DO ga easy matter 10 esoae the
teskss saees- Wasn shey eai tns itch
90 - those smart yccnS feliass tares
Q vire aser sahss Toe Nsuii aaa Stacs
OF Cstnms reisi fpssxtsms wires. thai