New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-06
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

London bought stocks in the local market in the
morning. and traders bought and bid up prices.
Subsequently. in the absence of support traders
sold. and a substantial reaction took place in the
industrial issues. The railroad stocks held mod
eratey firm but in the last hour declined with the
rest of the list Afternoon selling was wholly for
the short account. There was no pressure to sell
from commission houses, but on the other hand
there little demand. The report that the Rus
sian army mobilizing taken by traders
a good excuse for attacking values Brooklyn
Rapid Transit stock was a strong feature good
buying; also New York Central, which taken
by Vanderbilt brokers. Shorts who afraid
of their position send out anonymous circulars at
lacking the stock in which they caught, but
the game has become stale that such circulars
have effect upon the issue In question In yes
terdays mail brokers received Characteristic bear
circular on Western Union, and II cOnsid-
cred confession of weakness the part Of a GER
tain short interest the price of the stock was inn
mediately bid up, its strength supplying of the
strong features of the day Pacific Mail bought
on its favorable November statement. Big Four
and Chesapeake and Ohio sold up In sympathy with
NewYork Central Sugar was sold by traders and
commission houses. Federal Steel sold down
reports that only the old enjoined dividend
of IA per cent would be declared this month 1t
also reported that while at next weeks meet
ing of the directors such dividend would be paid
the declaration of the expected additional 216 per
cent dividend would follow soon. United States
Rubber was strong at net gain Of ~ per cent
Some of the buyers and sellers were: ST. Paul,
D. Porter q ,OO0) bought; Sugar. H. Imbrie bought
New-York Central, Mead Q,0O0), Harris & Fuller
and Houseman Co. bought; Judson & Co. and
Webb & Prall sold; st. Paul. London and M c.
Bowler bought; American Tobacco, Housman &
Co. (2,000) bought; Hudson & Co. and Lockwood
Hurd & Co. sold; Atchison preferred London
bought; Brooklyn Rapid Transit Halle & Stiegntz
(2.5O0l bought; Chicago. Burlington and Quincy,
Bell & Co and Housman & Co. bought; Content &
Co. sold; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Bell & Co. and
De Cordova & Co. bought; Grant Brothers and j..
NJ. Amory sold; American Tobacco, Johnson & Co.
trail Timpson & Co. $1,000 bought; Webb Prall
sold; Union Pacific. London bought; Colorado
Southern, Ulman Brothers and H. l. Clark bought;
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Blair & Co.. Halle & Stieg-
Iitz and E. & c. Randolph bought; Pearl & Co. and
Amory sold; New-York Central c. NJ. Dodge
bought Sugar. Ellingwood Cunningham and
Moore & schley bought; H. c. Campbell and Maury
& Co. sold; Sugar, Content & Co. sold: Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, Halle & Stieglitz $4,000 bought:
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. c. NJ Dodge (2OO0)
bought; American Tobacco. Price, Mccormick &
Co. and E. Deal bought; Hudson & Co. and Strong,
Sturgis & Co. sold; Chesapea and Ohio Webb 6.
Prall and Grant Brothers bought; Federal Steel,
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co bought; Chesapeak Ike
and Ohio Halle & stieglitz (40OO bought; Atchison
preferred, Seigman & Van Antwerp (2,OOO) bought;
T. J. Taylor and Wormser sold; big Four" F. w.
Savin Q,500) J. Wallace and Bell & Co. bought;
New-York Central, F. F. Ames bought; Big Four -
Housman & Co, Webb & PraIl and S. " White
bought Southern Pacific. Ladenburg ThaImann &.
Co. bought Wasserman sold; Western Union
Rodgers Randolph C2.500) bought; Missouri Pa
cifc, Kohn & Co. $1,000 bought: London sold about
1000; American Tobacco, Watson & Brown q O00
bought: F. F. Ames sold; New-York Central w f
Wharton (2,50O), Housman & Co. (250O) AsieI q.
Co. 1000 and C. NJ. Dodge (about 5,OOO) bought.
H. Judson sold; Colorado Fuel and Iron, H. p
Goldschmidt bought.