New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-12
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

In the early dealings prices were reactionary.
and substantial declines were recorded In rev
issues. Subsequently covering of shorts ana gooe
buying led to a rally. which was well malntaiheo
in the rest of the day. The Industrial stocks ex-
hibited support. and the railway shares were Wen
taken notably Baltimore and Ohio issues Traders
who went short Monday took profits yesterday
London sold first, but bought later on In the
day its purchases exceeding sales by $4,000 shares
Street s. Norton heavy sellers OF American
Steel and Wire. Third Avenue stock continued lts
advances, selling high 14. There apparently
was no stock Offering. and a considerable short In
terest thought to be still uncovered keene
brokers were sellers throughout the list. and 1t
was reported that the bull pools In Missouri Pa
cifc Union Pacific and Baltimore and ONO were
unloading stock. Commission house business was
light, with more sales than purchases. Many proA-
advised customers to stay out of the market
the end of the week holiday. Chicago sold
the steel stocks at the opening, but offerings were
well taken. especially in Federal Steel and Ameri-
can Steel and Wire. Standard Oil and Flower In
terests bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit, which was
Arm and higher throughout the day. In the last
two hours the steel stocks showed marked recov-
cries from the low prices of the day. The Granger
shares strong features in the late dealings;
also Louisville and Nashville. Buying OF sugar
came from interests who noted as buyers
when the stock around par Third Avenue
broke IL points the announcement OF the lease
by the Metropolitan company, but Immediately re-
covered good part of the loss. closing at net
gain of points.
Some of the buyers and sellers were: II. K. Bur
ras G. Co q 500 and Bell & Co. 1000 bought Man
haitian; Joseph Connah sold. c. /. Hudson & Co.,
H. Lapsley & Co. and Jones. Maury & Co bought
Northern Pacific G. l. Hudson & Co.
Q,5OO) Van Emburgh & Atterbury and Worden &
Co. A,oOO bought American Tobacco: w. D. Hatch
$500 sold. f. w. Savin & Co. l. II. Waggoner
Q,000) and Ulman Brothers Q,W0) bought Conti-
rental Tobacco common. L. A. Cruikshank bought
Lake Erie and Western; Van Emburgh & After
bury sold 1. & 5. Wormser and Van Schaick s. Co
1900 bought Continental Tobacco; H. Content &
Co and Sternberger. Fud Sim sold. 7. s.
Young and c. l. Hudson & Co. bought American
Tobacco; Rogers & Randolph and l. F. Mead &
Co sold H. Clews Co. 9,0O1) and c. Mime
shemer & Co bought Union Pacific common. f. d.
Winsow Q.OOW bought Sugar Refining; NJ e.
Bowler & Co. and Halle & Stieglitz sold +. W.
Savin & Co. q COO and Edey & Sons sold Northern
Pacific common. j. NJ. Moves & Co. (2,500) and
London bought Union Pacific common; Wasser-
mann Brothers 220O0 sold Wood Huestis q Co.,
c. Minzeshener & Co and ]. Carlisle bought Sugar
Refining; T. w. Myers & Son. f. w. Savin & Co.
and c. NJ Oelrichs g. Co. q .OON sold Worden &
Co. (2OOO) sold American Tobacco Wassermann
Brothers sold Continental Tobacco. W. r. Hough-
falling & Co (2O0O sold Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy. Redmond, Kerr & Co and Wasser-
mann Brothers sold Continental Tobacco preferred
Andrews G. Crisis sold 5000 Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit o. S. Loeb sold 1900 Union Pacific Watson q
Brown q, 0OO sold Northern Pacific common j. H.
Willlston & Co. uOO0 sold Rock Island. W. d.
Hatch bought Wire; Price Mccormick & Co, H.
Clews & Co. and Street & Norton Q6OO sold III.
d. Lewis sold Missouri Pacific Ladenburg. Thai
mann & Co and j. w Davis & Co. Q0OO) bought
Brooklyn Rapid Transit; J. NJ. Amory & Son sold.
Chauncey & Co. and Bell & Co. bought Peoples
Gas: Jones Maury & Co. and C. NJ. Dodge sold.
H. B. HolIins & Co. R. H. Thomas & Co. and l..
Wormser O. COO bought Sugar: r. Keppler Q,OOO
sold Donald, Gordon & Co. and E. c. Patten &
Co. bought Southern Railway common; r.. Under
hill u.soN sold. G. B. Hopkins & Co. u.Ooo and
Street & Norton 5000 sold Wire. Hallgarten g. Co.
c. NJ Dodge q ,000) and G. E. Dimock Q.000) bought
Brooklyn Rapid Transit C. 1. Hudson & Co. sold.
W. G. Fleming & Co., ]. j. Humbert and Worden &
Co bought Third Avenue; Fl. Block & Co. sold
Seligman & Mayer 5000. w. L. Stow Q,0O0 l. & S.
wormser q ODO and Donald. Gordon Co. Q.0oO
bought Southern Pacific; Cuyler, Morgan Co.
q OOO) r. Waller jr. (2,O0O, V. A. Blacque and
Hough & Roland sold. M. c. Bowler & Co. (20'O).
f. D. Winslow $4,000 and Street & Norton 10000
sold Wire B. l.. Smyth sold Continental Tobacco