New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

The stock market was wholly professional and
after great irregularity closed with stocks
above Wednesdays final level The steel issues
were traded in by professional Spectators COM
mission houses having few orders for this group
or for any of the industrial issues. G. I. Hudson
Co. heavy sellers of Southern Pacific, and
buying on the decline came from traders who put
out short lines of the stock a week ago. The
same interests bought Baltimore and Ohio issues
which were strong features. It thought that
efforts were making to induce public trading by
forcing up the railroad stocks and II said
that the advance IN Baltimore and Ohio would be
followed by similar movement in Union Pacific.
Baltimore and Ohio may have been put up to en-
courage subscriptions to the new issues London
dealt In about $1,000 shares. buying 5000 shares
Sugar eased Off the cessation of pool buying.
st. Paul and Burlington strong Boston
buying Flower brokers bought Federal Steel and
Brooklyn Rapid Transit The steel stocks made
substantial net Improvement for the day, the
afternoon advance being helped by the report that
Mr.. Gates had severed his relations with the
American Steel and Wire Company. Wormser
brokers buyers OF the general list. their
purchases being estimated at $1,000 shares. They
were especially active in Burlington and People 8
Gas. Continued strength in General Electric was
due to demand that could not be met, owing to
the scarcity of the stock. Tennessee Coal and Iron
advanced sharply on the publication of the COM
panys statement for March, showing a surplus
after fixed charges of $500, S31 Jersey Central was
strong small dealings and Cleveland, Lorain
to its market worth.
Some of the buyers and sellers were: Worden &
Co. 600 and V. A. Bacque 600 bought General
Electric at 139 A. o. Beebe. j. j. Manning and J.
Honigman bought Wire; DIttman & Iauer and
Halle & Stieglitz sold. Sharp & Bryan bought
Hoop common. Street Norton bought Wire pre-
ferred: G. MinZesheimer & Co. and c. NJ. Oerichs
& Co. sold Bell & Co bought Peoples Gas. H.
Content K Co. Q000) bought Federal Steel j..
Wallace & Co. and Wassermann Brothers sold
Union Pacific. F. Haight bought Metropolitan
Street Railway: w. Scheftel and ]. NJ Leopold &
ca. sold. G. p. Butler & Bros. bought Missouri
PaCific J. H. Griesel & Co. and w. S. Gunner,
jr., & Co. bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit: j. w.
Davis & Co. Q.0OW sold. L & S. Wormser. ]. +.
Carlisle, and Price, Mccormick Co bought
Sugar Rolston Bass and Wassermann Brothers
bought Wire; H. Clews & Co. sold. H. d. Lewis
and II. T. Imbrie sold .danhattan c. Mime
shemer & Co. $4,000 sold Wire preferred G.. T..
Dimock bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Henry
Bros & Co. bought Sugar Refining c. Head &
Co. bought Wire; J. Hongman 1000 sold. Post
& Flagg q 600 and H. Content 81 Co. (2.5OO bought
Federal Steel. J. NJ. Martin & Co. sold Metropol-
itan Worden & Co. bought 5000 Baltimore and
Ohio preferred. 5000 from w. d. Hatch and 5000
from Romans & Co. f. & c. Randolph sold Met
ropolitan Street Railway. Provost Bros. & Co,
q. p. Butler & Bro. and d. Bacon bought Mis-
souri, Pacific; H. Clews & Co. d. Bacon, Mayer &
Whitehouse and Toler & Halsey sold. J. r. Willis
ton & Co 1000 bought Union Pacific. Worden s.
Co 10000 today and C. NJ Dodge Q,O00 bought
Baltimore & Ohio preferred; W. d. Hatch (5ONO
and Romans & Co. 5000 sold. Moore & Schley
1000 bought Wire preferred. Henry Brothers
bought American Tobacco; Ulman Brothers G000)
and Van Emburgh & Atterbury sold. Halsted s.
Hodges 600 and F. w. Savin & Co. bought Balti-
more & Ohio common. Charles Minzesheimer Il
Co sold 1000 shares of Steel and Wire preferred
76 and $500 at 1914. c. NJ. Oerichs & Co. sold 1000
at the opening. The largest buyers 3. s.
Rosenblatt and Street & Norton 4. de Cordova
g Co. j. C. Kibreth and X. II. Thomas & Co.
bought Wire. H. Content & Co. bought Federal
Steel. l. & S. Wormser and Halle Stiegtz
bought Chicago, Burlington and Quincy