New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

The movements in Sugar Refining stock resuiteu
in a net gain for the day OF M points Ihis ad-
vance was accomplished in the face or the possl-
bilty of the stock passing from the dividend COT
uun hut then as usual, actual trade conditions
had little 70 do with the price fluctuations. Ma
nipulaton was the feature OF the trading IN this
issue and it was said that a prominent Consoh-
dated Exchange broker was severely hur' III tue
advance The same operator was hurt III ''he
Third Avenue corner" and his reputed large
profits from the December market must therefore
be near the point of exhaustion Big Four ana
Chesapeake and Ohio were active strong features
and the railway list in general while dull In com
parison with recent days, was strong ana hl8he''
American Steel and Wire was In demaha' aiso
Tennessee Coal and Iron. in which the shorts were
badly handled. Breaks in the traction stocks at
the opening were followed by rallies throughout,
and people who sold short In expectation or heavy
declines account of the franchise tax assess
ments. were forced to cover at advancing prices.
Atchison issues taken by pool buyers. and
the Pacific stocks were again higher on good buy
ing London bought freely. Peoples Gas was eX-
ceptionally strong. rising to above lS Atchison
preferred made new high record at IS- Iowa
Central issues features. In Sugar the heavt-
est buying was by r. II. Bissell. II. Content &
Co Pearl & Co and ]. F. Carlisle 1t said
that much of this buying was for inside account
The usual talk of a trade war settlement followed
the rise In the stock.
Some of the buyers and sellers De Coppet
Iitz @cN bought Manhattan. Bell & Co. bought
Union Pacific: F. w. Savin & Co Q.00O) sold. Halle
& Stieglitz 4 000 bought Atchison preferred. T. j.
Taylor & Co G.50o. Bell & Co. OOOO). c. l. Hudson
& Co. and T. & S. Wormser bought Brooklyn Rapid
Transit: Price Mccormick & Co. Q.0Oo) and ]. A
Blair & Son sold r H Bissen & Co (4O0O,. ]. J.
Manning. j. f. Carlisle and Pearl & Co. bought
Sugar; F. w. Savin & Co. Q.5oO) II. T. Imbrie. ].
F. Carlisle and Haven & Stout sold. G. NJ. Oelrichs
& Co. Q.OoO bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit s
nah A Rka L
Norton F. w Savin & Co (2OOO and II. T. Imbrie
G.0O0 bought Sugar. Wassermann Brothers bought
American Tobacco: j. S. Bache & Co. Q.00O and
Van Emburgh q Atterbury sold. Jones, Maury &
Co. and Bell Co. bought Sugar: F. W. Savin &
Co, Pearl Co. G.0O0 and II. Content & Co. sold
Halle & Stiegtz Q.OO0) bought American Steel and
Wire. w. B. Lawrence Son 9.Ooo) sold Manhat
tan. r. H. Thomas co. bought ST. Paul: Pearl
s Co Q.coO sold. r. l.. Manson. jr.. & Co. and l.
& g. Wormser bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit: j.
j. Manning sold. j. Muir Co. Q.OOO bought
Union Pacific common; Mendham Brothers sold
H. l., Horton Co. q 0oo) sold Baltimore & Ohio
common. Halle & Stiegitz bought Atchison COM
mon; Wassermann Brothers sold. Seymour. John
son & Co Q.5OV and T. F. Raynor Co. bought
American Tobacco; c. /. Hudson & Co, r. de
Cordova Co. and Wassermann Brothers sold T
Tfieston bought Norfolk and Western. Hollister &
Babcock, j. ]. Manning and Provost Brothers &
Co bought Metropolitan Street Railway H. B.
Hollins Co. sold. London and Wassermann
Brothers bought Anaconda H Clews & Co. bought
Brooklyn Rapid Transit F. W. Savin 8 Co. bought
Tennessee Coal and Iron II. c. Campbell & Co
Il .OO0) sold. Wassermann Brothers. traders and
Halle & stieglitz 1,OON bought Federal Steel COM
mon. w. ID. Hatch. Ladenburg. Thalmann & Co.
Post & Flagg and Dickinson Grummond bought
Wire common; Woerishoffer & Co. sold +. Fair
baum and Mcintyre & Wardwell bought Cleveland
Cincinpati, Chicago and St Louis; j. Wallace &
Co. Q.oo0 sold J. F. Carlisle G,OoO). and II. Content
& Co. 5000 bought Sugar. Moore & Schley q 0SO)
and A. A. Housman & Co. bought Southern Rail-
way common: Bell & Co and X. Underhil sold
Hatch 4 Foote bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Flower & Co. bought People's Gas.