New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-08
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

Kaere brokers were responsible for a drive
against the coaers in yesterdays market, ana tno
sharp declines in these issues affected the whoie
list Jersey Central Lackawanna, Delaware ana
Hudson the Reading stocks and Ontario and west
ern lost from one to two points but recovered IN
mart before the close There was news affect
ing the coal stocks good news. as rejected
in reports from trade centres regarding the IN
creased demand for anthracite and in price ad-
vances of the small sizes OF coal at this centre
The coal companies mining coal to the limit
Of their capacity and sales limited only by
the ability Of the companies 10 get the coal out
OF the mines and by transportation facilities. Lon
don again bought stocks in the local market ana
on the decline houses that represent Important IN
terests were good buyers throughout the list The
trading element apparently Ia hopelessly Dearish'
and II continues to sell stocks short with enthus-
asm and confidence. While traders sell the pest
class of stocks remain in the ownership OF large
holders and bear enthusiasm does not bring on
important liquidation or change the conditions I'M
deriving values. Activity In Northwest. Omaha
and Union Pacific In the last hour was followed ny
a rally throughout the list. Selling OF the Tobacco
stocks was feature Of the day, manipulation car
rvng American Tobacco down two and one-halt
points and Continental Tobacco two points South
ern Pacific was in good demand, both for local ana
foreign account Wheeling and Lake Erie pre-
ferred small transactions advanced one point
Some OF the buyers and sellers were Worden q
Co and Halsted Hodges bought Union faci'o'
Bell q Co sold Asiel & Co bought New-forK
Central rights H. Allen & Co. bought Manhattan;
F. W. savin & Co. sold Edey Sons bought Con-
soldated Cas- W. B. oliver, Weaver. Harris ~
Co J. J. Manning Dick Bros. Co. and HAZE
AZ Steglitz 5000 bought Sugar; j. j. Manning anu
W. scheftel 1900 sold. ]. D. Smith & Co. a ue
Cordova q Co and j. R. WillistOn Co. bought
Leather common; II. |. Judson q Co.. r ~ wins
low J. J. Manning 1900 and Mendbam BIOS solu'
o. % Southern
p Lawrence & Son sold American Tobacco j. D,
,,onr,ro Kirkner D. Bacon. J. Bianchi and
wehh a. Prau bought Sugar Refining; Mcintyre q
wardwel H. Content & Co., Kohn & 90, D. D.
Manning and /. Spegelberg sold. HeoBe' A'ou'o
berry & Foster bought Continental Iooacco, - ID,
Williams sold. Flower & Co Q.Vo) oousht feuea
steel London 5000 bought Southern Pacific Iuh-
stall g. Co Muir & Powell and Simmons q oiaue
sold q. f. Dimock sold Southern Pacihc ~
tIorr,, n ooM bought American Tobacco; HOLSTER
a. Rabcock sold D. Henry 5000 and Mehuhani
proa bought American Tobacco: H. content q %
n OrN w B. Oliver 1000 and r. l.. oehssoete
n OoN sold H. b. Hollins Co. p,oo) bought
Sugar; f. c. Randolph. Van Emburgh & At,eroury
and Ellingwood & Cunningham sold n. Coh'eH'
A. Co bought Sugar Refining; seymour. Johnson "
IN and p J. Coodhart & Co. sold. l. & s. Worm
Gov 70 oom and F. w savin & Co. 1000 bought
American Tobacco: Halsted & Hodges 1000 and
wormser 1000 sold II. w. warner soid
prook,vn Rapid Transit F. L. Seligsoerg u"o
,,h, American Tobacco: HOLSTER Baocock
and r. w Savln & Co. sold. Floyd-Jones o. Noo
,son f. F. Raynor, Mendham BROS 'i'u
7 B,anchi bought Brooklyn Rapid transit, 'oieS
Mourv @ Co sold A. A. Housman CO. soid
-, Weaver Harris & Co. bought Manhattan
- Drake bought Continental Tobacco; W. D.
match n ccM sold Kohn Co. and H. b. hoiils
o. 20 boueht Continental Tobacco preferred D. H.
Griesel & Co sold Sugar Refining