The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-10

the downtown section to-day.
A breathless clerk rushed into rich
brokerage concern and asked for the nead
of the firm. saying:
loan"
Not waiting for a reply, he dashed out,
The broker called a clerk. saying:
Here Is 1000 L. S. Steel common; take
1t to - AZ CO. us additional margin.
The clerk ran out with the stock. ana the
broker looked at the ticker. The last time
he had looked United States Steel common
was selling at 40 Now he looked again and
it was quoted at 26. Three minutes later the
banking clerk ran in again and said:
I'VE want more margin"
"All right was the reply. and the broker,
although at the moment his head was In a
whirl. was outwardiy cool.
Here" he said to clerk. whats Man
haitian on the tape?"
zone hundred and five." said the cler..s.
Take 500 Manhattan to - - & Co.
Ten minutes later Manhattan was selling
at So. In other words, all margins were be-
ing wiped out, and for the moment specula-
tive Wall street was broke.
Truce Saved Fortunes.
Such a thing old brokers said they never
heard of before. Then the turn came, IN
the nick of time, with the temporary decia-
ration of truce between the struggling mil
lionaires. who were carrying down an army
Of thousands OF stock spectators.
Wall street swarmed with bargain
hunters" during the panic. The choicest
bonds were sold for cash by them in order
to pick up stocks at low prices.
One investor alone. who never comes
within the limits OF Wall street except
when black disaster hovers over It, Is cred
tied with having purchased 100 900 shares
of we'll selected stocks at the lowest points.
wrote m LITTLE Check.
ora amusing incident of the day was
trade bktween Frank Sayin and Isadore
worm.er Mr. Savin heard rumors of the
,s,,ure of Mr. wormser's firm. and person
aII,, ,ooL tho stocks the latter had pur-
ahosad 70 hi. oeica and asked for a check.
NJ worn,sar wrote a check for s.. 500 900.
the tnta, ~ the m,rchases and said: "If
Won don., think the check ia good I'll 20
and net tho money for you." Then Mr.
Savin was sorry he had not sold him more
stock
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o@oars ~ tha Nav, yorL Stock Exchange
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spuia'ois - Il stunning ploM, I'oo.ii .raoers
@ up.oMn ilau .iie Usual asseino'y o. FEMININE
patlolis 'o.uas. IL was NOT SO fhuch d pan
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