The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-18
LITTLE INTEREST
IN STOCK MARKET
Net Changes Were Trivial and Mostly
on Side Of Losses.
LABOR TROUBLES CONSPICUOUS.
GrookIyn Transit Affected 10y the
Stakeholder Roads sympathetic
Bond Market Dull and Heavy.
Money was Weaker.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE stock mar
ief to-day was am aimlcss and ihslehl-
Meant affair, except so iM as w 5,,ht
and neglect were slSnihcai,1 %. - 80
felt Ia many minds over .nI ro,orea
look. Operations were sflcNy ~
10 nrofo.ai0rnI manipulation ID! tlV
room traders This KIND 81 idul"s
suited in only trivial nel CisIiieeo ~
OF which were on the side OF i0sseS. no
,srg. III prices was quite VIDE curing
TIE dav. many stocks at one TIME IiHlub
a SHADE over Saturday, anu ,l.n "I"P
ping from I 90 points. Inc Na'lel poll
tion Of the day was 1oFu.su u" ,ectairned
tory covering movement Which recialiilgu
Yrort OF tho early losses. ENcn blooh-
Ign Transit which was tnc center pt ''io
Gavs weakness. recovered 70 Wlthlu Is
~ Saturdays close. but yielded Sharply
~ bear pressure iu the final deaiihSs'
Labor troubles played "a large part IN ihe
DAYS market Brooklyn Transit pelhg
most couspicu0usly affected by reason on
tho strike amongst lls enp.oy ,'9
stocks opened of rs and Manhattan ana
Metropolitan straightway were keenly ar
fecfcf fu sympathy. the former LOSING
1i. and tho latter points. brooklth
Transit was very vigorously supported 10y
inside interests. and quickly ralhea "a
point. giving the short interests whicn
is supposed 20 De large, small opportunity
so cover Later the stock fcA an eN-
troma 2l. when the news came that the
street railway strike In Cleveland hao heen
renewed as 10 was feared this might pres
age "a general sympathetic strike tp-
plcs Gas and Federal steel as 9e'ss
Flower spccialties. were depressed lh
fvmpathy with the Brooklyn stocks feu-
eral steel dropping an extreme IA rev
York Air Brake also broke II points anu
after vibrating wildly scored 80, ili' M
wards on tho decision Of the 'oloidno gu
prcme Court against the consutuu9ndil
Of the state S-hOr law, me cohHtclnb
interpro of which led 10 lne oln.t,
wage scale agreement and the advance
I'm the price of the product The late
weakness of Brooklyn Transit anu Il
break iu Sugar ~ nearly points piousHl
she most active selling movement OF lhe
day when net declines reached point
in n number OF cases. includlng in'
Grancers and Atchison preferred ana in
New Nu Central reached l's. me
failure %, call money 90 weaken. in spite
az Saturday s. favorable hand statement
caused uuelsinrss regarding the future
Most q the day loans were made an az
Dor cent and tho rate weakened 20
nor cent only after most Of the demand
had been satisfied. Rumors OF imam
cial difficulties I'm London caused doubt
and hesitation in ah the world s great
stock markets The private discount
rate there rose 90 34 per cent. and de-
mand sterling and cables here advanced
"a cent. There were very persistent ru-
mors that gold would 80 from New York
this week Transactions in the local
stock market for London account were,
however. insignificant The absence OF
any announcement Of "a gold shipment by
fO-m0rrOW's steamer was "a factor i'm the
late recovery of the market which
brought prices generally back TO near
Saturday. close
The market for bonds was dull and
heavy I'm sympathy with stocks Total
sales SlCNO0o United states &c adj
Vancod * and tho old As registered =
in the bid price
The total sales Of stocks to-day were
s37. 1Oo shares. including Atchison pre-
fere3 - ia. Darlington SlGo: Manhat-
IAN 2lT7O Missouri Pacific 400. Jer-
sov Central 5.37S: Northern Pacific 1900.
Rock Island 100: Union Pacific 5,lIo.
81 Paul 1870. American Cotton on
e 40. Federal steel $50. BROOKLYN Rapid
Transit eOao0. Sugar 2317o. Tennessee
Coal and Iron 900.
MONEY AND ENCHANGE.-Money on