New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-08
SpEINC; POETRY At \ DISCOUNT.
MUD. sIU>H NND MISERY CAUSE PANIC oN
THE WRITERS EXCHANGE.

MID SII'~U NND MISERY CAUSE fANO Wv
THE WRITERS EXCHANGE
II was Black Friday on the Poets EXchang" yeN''r
day. spring poem stocks took tremendous ''''i
and a thousand rhyme brokers ar" pennies """'
Yesterday IN. marnates II bohemia brcakfhNi'd ~
Dcmcnico's: tonight they will be without 'le pm
: , ,nIJ. d.b,t. dinner in south Fifth-avr From
morning mill night Yesterday the bears haini"r"
down all spring fancy stocks. and the bH'iS '"SS''
vlntcr profcrr,d certificates way up beyond par. u
vos all th work Of "Cd >lnoh. Of The 'hrewdeN'
oprrntors In the street For several days there had
le,n frooucnt consultations at the once oi ShSi'
Mind A Misery. II /, said that 4 prominent Govern
mon, official by the name Of Dunn, entered Into IA
couspracy with "Od ;ush." the rcput.d head Of
The great house OF Mud. Sush a Misery. Mr.
Dunn is the occupant Of high office, and to onr not
familiar with his habits, his position Is practically
uuu,,ailaAlc Black Friday without warming
When the spring poem operators looked from their
attic window, Thursday evening they saw cOudleNs
moonll sky When they went over 10 second ave.
Yesterday morning to get their Vienna rolls and
coffee they waded through slush and nearly over
wlrlncd by wind and rain
There was an Ominou, silence In the Poets Ex-
chang. when the president, ,windburne Tnppcr Yer
non. raped with his gavel. Then scene Of tn"
wild,, disorder followed. Poellc feet were rldcly
tr,mplei as the crowd surgci to and fro. ana many
an o,,.rntpr WAS carried away with diStich In lis
.vlnlmrne Tupper Vernon struck by shipping
spondc,s and dnrtyls. The stock of the spring
Poem Mailing and Returning Company was beaten
down twenty points In many minutes. and the
certificates Of the Ncrnal ode Trust went for
4 thousand siares Of the Metaphor ana II mile Mln
ing and Trans poratIon Company were exchanged Tor
nm order cnlllng for n plate Of "b"cf ani" ana the
h"ud' ~ thr Spnng Iiyll Refining Company were
bought np 10y Broker j. Unknown for hall cent u
p,"nd The sonnet Construction Company la, al
wnys paii good divdcnis. but not share was taken
Yesterday NJ any price. The only stocks " len
were not affected by tn" terrible onslaught We're
those Of the H,auful snow Precipitation tImpim
old SiI,hr dsapp AIRED from the street carry III 'h,
FRAY bu his partners and agents finished the work
OF ,polintIon They celebrated the success OF their
plars iV "A grand electrical display last night me
ilc ming flashes wer, their rockets and plnwhrcls ara
Roman candles OF electricity were hurled about Win
prodiral profu.lon. H., q,
NV dear Mr. Vernon" said Mr.. Dunn when u
WAS all over, To the president Of the Exchange, "
nm not entirely responsible for the miSlortul" WHICH
has driven 80 many spring poets into poverty Ims
rain viii he exceedingly beneficial to the farmers
pnthzr with my feelings In this matter. \ re-
markablc storm this, my dear Mr.. Vernon. mere
were violent local storms all through Ohio ana th'
regions about the Great Lakes. Tn" snow her" pc
gan 10 fall at % m. ana rs u was fnlNru WIN
rain there was comparatively ntl" sluNh In the
streets. The Thermometer ut 10 n. IN. registered 'I
degree, above zero, and the velocity OF the Win
varied from 3j to 80 miles an hour There VIII
be- heavy fogs. The tclcgraphic service Is c"nSlar
ably dcrangrd. However. you NAV rest ass'rei u,.
shall not delay the approach OF spring much longer