New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

The shorts appeared to be on the run yesterday.
The wise bear runs when capital begins 10 fnoV'
into stocks and bonds when the more important
interests show unmstakeble evidence OF bull inten-
tons The Standard OIL party bought actively yes
terday commission houses were more active ana
the failure of q small house significant only
OF the FIRMS operations on the pear size Oh
the market. Sugar stock was offered down when
II was learned that a firm that was heavy buyer
OF the stock on Monday vas in trouble The de-
cline reached three points, but on good buying
rally carried the price back again although SUD-
sequent reaction left II at considerable net ioss'
Sugar and Third Avenue sto52 were the only I'M
portant exceptions to the advancing tendency Inc
railroad stocks were In good demand American
Steel and Wire on heavy dealings enjoyed a furtner
advance also Federal Steel which was bought Oy
Flower brokers. Brooklyn Rarid Transit was taAei
by excellent buyers. Buying of the last nameo
stock and several other active issues In when the
shorts including Consolidated Exchange Clique
said 10 be heavy for bear accounts, ana esPe-
ciay heavy for leading operator, who has Oeen
bearish for nearly year. Norfolk and western
and Pennsylvania issues were bought on the en-
pectaton of advance In the carrying ana sell
ing rates of bituminous coal and the anthracite
shares were In demand on the colder weather anu
good trade reports. London bought about DVoV
shares. Bell & Co. were large buyers OF the Goa!
stocks and Halle & Stieglitz active buyers OF
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit In addition to local
short covering the steel stocks. there were heavy
purchases for Western account.
Some OF the buyers and sellers
Grant Brothers 600 bought Brooklyn RAPID
Transit Speigelberg $500 and J. Kirkner t5oO
bought Sugar common Ladenburg. Thalmann &
Co. q 800 Bell & Co. q 500. Buckley & Hopkins
Halsted g Hodges Jacob Field Q.00G and w. D.
Hatch sold. ]. R. Wiliston & Co. bought Manhat-
TAM H. B Holllns and VanderhoT sold j. H. DAVIS
& Co. sold Colorado Fuel. Seidenburs & Rraus
bought Atchson preferred. ]. A. Black Q.oOo> and
D. Henry 1000 bought American Tobacco com
mon; D. Henry 1900 sold Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy, Housrnan & Co. bought: Van schaick
& Co. sold. Brooklyn Rapid Transit De Cordova
g. Co. I.adenburg Thalmann & Co. and Housman
& Co. CISCO bought. Sugar. Tunstall g. Co. bought
Sugar, Halle & Stieglitz bought 1900. Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Clews & Co. bought North
ern and Western, Dick Brothers, Orvis Brothers.
Niles and London bought American Tobacco, j.
H. Csriesel sold 600 Union Pacific, Halle & 6tieg-
litz bought 500. Brooklyn Rapid Transit II. Durand
c. Quincy q 600, Ladenburg, Thalmann g. Co. Q,OoN
and Palmer 1000 bought; Wilson & Watson sold
Southern Pacific. J. r. Williston & Co. 2eOO
and Housman Q0OO bought Hnlsted Hodges
q 500 sold. Sugar. ]. Field bought; H. Content
q COO sold. Baltimore and Ohio preferred, Halle
& Stieglitz bought. Atchison preferred. Tunis &
Co (30OO and Housman & Co. 2,00o) bought;
Worden & Co. QOOO. Content & Co. Q,5oO and F.
W. Gilley q OOO sold Hough & Rowland sold zoo
Sugar and Union Pacific and bought Wire. Atchison
preferred, Halle & Stieglitz Q,OOO sold. American
Tobacco ]. A. Blair QOoO and D. Henry 1000
bought; D. Henry Q,OOO sold. Sugar-Kirkner
bought: Ladenburg. Thamann 8 Co. Q5oo). Bell &
Co. Haisted & Hodges and Field Il 0oW sold. Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Cruikshank bought 1000; j. H.
Davis sold. Atchison preferred. Sidenberg s. Kraus
sold 1000 Manhattan, ]. r. Wniston bought; II.
B. Hollins sold