The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-13
.COP|PERS ARE Hit
Anaconda Goes Down in Sympathy
With Amalgamated.
SUPPORT ACCoMPLIsHEs A RALLY
selling-Dull and Heavy /
Close.

New York, March 13.-There We're running
sales OF 5000 shares Of Amalgamated Copper
IN the opening dealings at 6Sh@64A, conf
pared with 641s last night Large blocks con-.
tinued to change hands at prices below Ca
Anaconda was affected in sympathy. Other
wise the price changes were mixed. num-
Der of soft coalers and industrials showed
sharp fractional gains.
The local traction group took the lead in
spotty upward movement. which developed
quite strongly after the opening. Manhattan
rose ~, to 131h, and Metropolitan Street
Railway, Brooklyn Transit, General Electric,
Hooking Valley stocks, National Biscuit pre-
ferred North American, Republic Steel pre-
ferred, St. Louis Southwestern preferred. ViT-
ginia Carolina Chemical, the Wheeling &
Lake Erie stocks, the Cotton Oil stocks, In
tternational Silver and American Snuff gained
from to over points, There was some heav-
mess In recent, strong features, Chicago Ter
mlnal preferred, st. Joseph & Grand Island,
Fort w orth q Denver City stamped, Virginia
Carolina Chemical preferred Wisconsin Cen
trail. American; Grass Twine and Wheeling g.
Lake Erie losing ground. Amalgamated Gop-
per received support around 6B and rallied
over a point Many prominent stocks hung
below last nights level i y
Selling of Sugar lowered lit. over a point,
and there was some further selling of Anal
gamated, causing other active stocks to fall
y. -
held frm and a demand for Southern Rail-
way preferred lifted it H. Colorado & South
ern became active at an advance to 2Sss.
North American extended its gain to 81,
International Silver, tof3 and st. Louis South
western preferred to 25s. Proat-taking caused
reaction of over point or more in Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical, Cotton Oil and Wis
consin Central preferred. Tennessee Coal
showed some heayiness and Colorado Fuel
was a trihe higher
The market was onesof specialties, the gen
'era1 list remaining dull and sluggish There
were gains of l to ~ in Standard Rope,
International Silver preferred, Continental To-
bacco preferred. Chicago & Eastern Illinois
and 500 preferred. Brooklyn Transit reacted
sharply below last night but rallied to Tx
above Hooking Valley, North American ard
st. Louis & southwestern preferred reacted
IL to ~. Later Sugar fell weakly to 123as
and the market became nearly stagnant. :.
United States Steel preferred was taken hold
OF and lifted a point and some other high
priced specialties improved. Tennessee Coal
| sold point above yesterdays close after sell
| ing as much below, and Sugar rallied 2A
Manhattan rose above 1872. The Coalers were
hrmer and Pennsylvania recovered part Of
a point decline. Railroad stocks We're slug
| gish but the tlanscontinental stocks recovered
| to last night. ~. .@s
Amalgamated Copper was lifted IN over
! last night and gains Of 1 to IA were made
by Colorado Fuel American Car, Pressed
| Steel Car, American Linseed and Great
Northern preferred. North American rose an
extreme 81 by half-point changes between
| transactions. The unchanged dividend on St
Paul was the ostensible cause of some selling
Reactions reached a point in the local trac-
! tons and Amalgamated Copper Rubber
Goods preferred lost Sss, Chicago Terminal
preferred ~, and Chicago Terminal, St
Joseph & Grand Island second preferred and
United States Reduction l to ~ The clos
mig was dull and heavy.
| Bonds were Irregular.
| Stock quotations reported for The Journal
! by Watson & Co., asChamber OF Commerce,
Minneapolis.
| Closing figures taretbid. EsS sz@fag so y