New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-03
CHARACTER OF TRADING

Heavy buying orders at the opening caused a
strong market upon which profit taking sales were
made. The force Of this selling became strong in
the afternoon. Bear pressure was more aggressive
ard prices reacted throughout the list A sbarn
decline in Federal Steel helped the bears Buvin,
on the decline was good. especially Federal
Steel and the rest of the steel group London was
an active buyer of Anaconda. Sugar REFINING was
weak on selling by important houses Ru6olnb
Keppler & Co. sold 5000 shares; H. Content g. 90
5000 shares and o. l.. Loeb. 1900 shares Rumors
have been current in the last few DAYS that huv,,g
of sugar stock is in the interests of people who
are anxious to secure control of the comDanv ava
end the sugar war. The entire capital stock has
changed hands in the last week sales amounting
10 many shares above the total capitalization
newborn central was firm on investment buying
and the pool in Big Four" and Chesapeake and
ONO was active. Peoples Gas strong on Chi
cago buying and all the Flower group were In
good demand. especially Rock Island. The decline
In Federal Steel brought out no important holdings
but added materially TO the holdings of substantial
interests. The advance in General Electric was
due to buying by Clark Dodge & Co Post g.
Flagg and Edward Sweet & Co . L. w wormser
was an active buyer of Sugar Refining Foreign
houses bought the Pacific stocks and Wabash de-
benture issues. Traders took the bear side in tbA
early afternoon. The soft coal stocks wara wen
taken. Omaha on light dealings advanced noirte
Some of the buyers and sellers were J. ] Man
ming, Halle & Stieglitz and II. G. Campbeu & On
sold sugar Taylor, Cutting & Co. O.5OO bought IL
-iO+' bought
Union Pacific common Keech, Loew & Co n O0M
bought Tin Plate common; A. H. Combs A. Co
QVoo) sold Groesbeck & Sterling, II. B. Holns q.
Co., Ellngwood & Cunningham and traders bouebt
Lake Erie and Western common. Vermilye &, 90
X. H. Thomas Co. F. w. Savin & Co and Lon
don bought Union Pacific Street & Norton II O.
Campbell Il Co. and II. L. Norton a. ca sold
Clark Dodge & Co. bought Peoples Gas. Cham
cey d Co and II. j. Faulkner sold. Wassermann
Brothers bought Wire. London bought Anaconda
II. b. Collins & Co. Pearl s. Co and A. 9 Worn,
ser bought Sugar. II. G.. We'll, j. Field r Kenpler
q Co. 5000 and Hoffman Brothers g OON sold w
T. Hatch & Sons sold American Tobacco q u
Hopkins * Co. GOOD bought Atchison preferrad
II. /. Nicholas & Co. q 00o) and Moore g. schla,
COCO bought Atchison common Jones Maurv &
Co. H. Durand and D. Manning Leon sold u
La Montague, jr., Q,CG0, bought ST PAM n u
i'ridgman sold National Steel Moore q Scb,e,.
bought Hoop common; A Y. De Cioicouria sofia II
CleWs a Co bought Missouri, Kansas ana 'Taxns
lOoO. c. !; Hudson Co. Street Il Norton Rait9
Stern & Schmidt $1,000 and Ellingwood & Cnnnina1,
ham a. 900 sold Sugar l. & 8. Wormser 2O0 hongbt
Atchison common; F. w. Savin & Co q 5as0 Sid
Bell & Co sold American Tobacco c; SIdarbe 49,
4 Krauss bought Federal Steel; J. NJ Amory {
kins q Co Q,o00) bought Wire. G. Sidenbareo
hrauss bought Peoples Gas Thompson a ~ ,N
and j. NJ. Amory d Son sold St Paul s a. u
co. and Stout a. Co. bought Federal Steal. Fiii,~
wood q Cunningham u.000) Rolston q Rass Sr6e
mons Slade. Silherman & Josephs and R;ar I'm
Peoples Gas Ellingwood q Cunningham bonsshh,t
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