The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-18
THEY RAGGED uIM,
Partridge Cornered and NJ ade to Lose Nearly



Chicago, April 1.-THE bull clique in the
wheat market was after big game and
they bagged some of it. The famous plum
ger, Edward Partridge, seemed to be the
person aimed at, and he was crowded un-
mercifuly. Partridge was found too slow
to respond to the call for mar
gins. which brokers with whom
he had deals, showered upon him.
and forthwith the brokers' bought in
large part Of Pardridge's wheat in the
pit, The scenes in the pit We're very wild
while the brokers We're buying. the big
plunger's wheat. Meanwhile Partridge
was not idle
John Cudahy is the ostensible head Of the
bull clique and Partridge sent an ambassa-
dor to him to his office. suing for terms
He was accorded settlement in from two
to three millions Of May wheat. it is said.
at 81 cents per bushel, which settlement, it
is thought makes Partridge a poorer man
by about $3.50, 600 than he was before.
The excitement, though intense was not
what usually attends big jump of cents
per hushel in the market. Nobody had
any May wheat for sale except the clique.
The crowd was generally out of it, and We're
determined to keep out. They were afraid
of the stuff. they said. They confined their
attention to July wheat, and sawed the
market for delivery up and down about
/ j. cents per buShel-
AS soon as Partridge had made the pri-
waite settlement, the manpulators let the
price drop 3 cents, but Partridge is not out
of the woods yet lie is understood to be
still short enough TO lose him another
81 100000 besides his losses of today. He
sold out five thousand shares of West Chi
cago street railway stock to help him pay
today's losses. He was in extremely bad
hum0r and told newspaper reporters who
beseged him with questions to mind their
own business. he could attend to his. ne
said.
For once. it is said, Partridge was a very
much ratified individual. He was led from
his house this morning by his two sons, and
one or the other of the boys was at his ell
bow every minute of the exciting scenes of
the session. His condition was such that
his friends kept him off the floor of the ex-
change. but the financial exigences of the
occasion made frequent visits to the banks
in the vicinity of the board of trade neces-
sary and his frequent pilgrimages were
watched by curious crowds of boys and
| men.
Pardrige Says His Wife VIII Help Him.
| Chicago, April 13.-May wheat sold down
| to 50 cents today, break of 10 cents from
| Yesterdays highest point. The general air
| on Change was like that of party OF men
| standing on the thin crust of volcano.
Partridge was decidedly a lay figure to-
| day. He was quoted as saying that as
soon as his wife returned from California
| he will have another 100000 in cash at
his disposal. He has telegraphed for her
| Those who are best acquainted Wiln tle
! inside situation say that Mrs. pardrldge
| will never put her signature to a paper in
yolying dollars worth of the $2,00O,00O
real estate standing in her name. but the
clique seems to be willing TO give him a
| chance to raise all the cash he can
scrape together, evidently acting on the
theory that the more he puts up the more it
! will get.
Regarding the rumors that, yesterday
saw the elimination of the deal and the
| cl;nua had no further use for May wheat,
| the statement was made by people who
claimed to know, that ten million bushels of
long May wheat, held by the Ware Commits ;,
sion company for the bull clique, was still
! on their hands. 1t was also said that Ar
mour had to come to Pardrdges assistance
to the extent Of assuming the latter's posi-
ton on a big lot of short May. wheat
| Those rumors assumed no cohVicihg up
nearance of substantially and were taken
only as indicating the general interest IN
| the matter.