The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-31

during tho first hour, when under covering of
short contracts, pretty general Improvement
WAS recorded. hero were some lew reactions
but the main tendency was toward higher figures.
After midday fractional reaction took place,
prices again moved irregularly but In the final
trading q better tone prevailed and the marKe:
cloSed fair ly firm.
covering OF snort contracts in the active list
which had been sold down during the past few
days in the general attack Oh values when has
followed the raid coaiers. Those traders
seemed to have come TO the conclusion that 1t
dangerous TO put out any new lines in the
coal stocks. and endeavored TO cover on the best
terms possible, consequently tkelr demonstra-
tions against the general list to weaken the stocks
while they took back their anthracite stocks.
Lake Shore. New York Central, Chicago Gas and
other properties were attacked in turn. and gave
way more or less.
Meanwhile there was good buying in the coal
shares. which with freq uent breaks, moved up
toward higher levels the closing prices showing
advances from yesterdays final figures of per
cent in Delaware and Hudson, rs IN New jersey
Central, 5s in Lackawanna and "A in Reading.
Delaware and Hudson closed at the highest points
touched, Lackawanna q below the top. New
Jersey Central closed So and Reading ~ below,
LAKE Shore broke per cent at the opening. but
subseqnrn tly recovered all but "A per cent OF the
out the Gay. Other unimportant advances are:
American Express l1s Chicago Gas and Rubber
l, Sugar. after an early decline of ~. sold up
Is, reeeded rs, and closed rs above the lowest
but l3S lower than yesterdays closing
he market was benefited in the afternoon by
the easier tone OF the Sterling exchange market,
which renders unlikely the shipment OF goldto
Europe this week.
The Evening Posts London cable says: The
stock market was idle to-day in part owing to the
miserable weather. The Grand Trunk Railway
main result of the meeting is a decision to APP
point special auditor TO go TO Canada and look
into the accounts The STOCK was fiat more on the
traffic returns than the meeting Americans were
nat until after hours, when there came distinct
rally IN Louisville. ST. Paul. Atchison and others.
south Americans were firm. The withdrawal
OF gold to-day was for Paris and more is going
There was a firm tone 80 the dealings in the
n. RI q fnr he ar lrf NJ fha 1aU md
the trading was active. the sales being $9l400O.
Government bonds firm. State bonds inactive
sylyania oil sales, none; November option sales.
none; closed So bid; Lima oil sales, none.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE.
wbeaI-October, 5514e.
HOps-Duil.
" ool-Quiet.
Piciron-Dull. Scotch, sl9 00@22 SO: Ameri-
Copper-Closed dull; brokers piice. SO SO: ex.
change price Tor spot, SO 50@9 GO
Lead-CloSed firm for spot, steady for futures (;
brokers' price for bullion. So 90; exchange price
for spot, So 15 sales on carload spot, So l71z.
Ia ia; November, $i4 65@14 10; December, IA 10
OLA 80; January to April. Sl4 20 sellers. Sales
on Change to-day, 10 tons; DECEMBER tin sellers.
si4 65
SpeIter-CIosed fat: spot. SO 1903 371s: sales,
one carload December. excluding NJ. a ii. AZ
So 421a.
Coffee-options opened steady. unchanged
TO 10 points advance, ruled generally firm on
strong cables. big wearhouse movement and near
positions. Sales, 24.750 bags. including: No.
vember, Sl2 S00l2 So; December, $l2 15@l2 20;
Janutry 81 45@ll IS; March, Sll 45@l2 10;
! April, 81 05@iI 10: May, $40 90@ll.
Spot Rio vininaI; No. z, l5e; MILO steady
! Cordova SIS@l9.
santos-Quiet: good average Santos 1I$500;
receipts, two days, $4,000 bags; stock. 4TS.00O
! bags.
Hamburg-Quiet: prices. unchanged to u pig
advance. Sales. 5000 bags
Havre-Opened steady. unchanged to Af ad-
vance: at Il Nj. steady. unchanged; at P. NJ.
steady. H@ I.f advance, closing steady at an adj
vance OF 14GAf. Total sales, II 900 bags
Rio-Weak; 80. Z Rio. III $3.50: exchange, IL Is d.
Receipts two days, $4,000 bags; cleared for the
United States, 5000 bags; for Europe, 1000 bags;
stock 20 900 bags.
Warehouse deliveries from New York. IT, 1000
bags; New ork stock to-day, So PAP bags; United
States STOCK 254 253 bags; afioat for the United
States. "a 1000 bags; total visible for the United
states, 491,226 bags, against 443, 1898 bags last
/ year.
Sugar-Raw. quiet and nominal: refined. steady
off A, 3Ss(9i 1-l6c; mold "A. asset 81 &c; stand
ard A, lI-i6e: confectiouers' A. Goa 14c: cut
loaf, 4$4 al I5-l6e; crushed. 434@i 5-l6c; pow
dered 4 7-l6@45sc; graduated. 4$sc; cubes
/ 4 7-l60G45Ac.