The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-08
MANY STOCK WIRES CUT OUT
HEREFORD OtTFIT ~ BALTI-
MORE GETS ~ INJI Notion.
HAD PAID western IRIoa -. 400 In Ad-
vance for JulS Its service In rhi,
state stepped -ReN concern % Puts
burG cut on From so branches.


the Rex Commission Company. All tho
local brokers who had dealings with this
firm were without a wire this morning.
The Rex company formerly maintained
headquarters in Cleveland After being
indicted ar a bucket shop in Ohio the hrm
opened headquarters in Pittsburs. where
business with out Of town points oon-
tinued without interruption.
The Rex company has City orhces IN
Ohio. Pennsylvania. New York. Ontario
and Quebec. When the Ohio indictments
were found the company was clearing
its business through Pittsburg BI oksrs
here saw this latest move marks the eud
Of the clearing stall IA the bucket shop
game
urea. July The Western Union
Telegraph Company summariy put an
end to-day 10 It's business ~ furn'shin2
stock quotations by telegraph 20 certain
brokers Offices m this city The order
10 this effect was given without warning
OF explanation. II Affects two Utica
companies. Chauner 4 Mays and ILnck
a Co. These COMPANIES represent the
HEREFORD company ~ Baltimore. a mem
Der Of the Philadelphia Consolidated
Stock Exchange recently raided a.
bucket shop The firms here received
their stock quotations. over specially
leased wires and were amazed to-day
when abruptly gifted that the wires
were cut out Manager Howell ~ the
local Western Union Office was able To
give no expIanat ion in regafd o the order.
He merely carried out instruct ions gwen
Nun Oy his superiors
Channer A MAYS and Iinck 4 60 are
under the impression. however. that the
action ~ the telegraph company - the
result Of the recent investigat ION co.,
Quoted by the United States Government
into the stock service Of the telegraph
company George n Chann-r sad to-
nj ght that ne had been in long distances
telephone Communication with the Her
ford company and had been told that the
wire service would he resumed to-mor-
row Channer was informed that the
HEREFORD company bad secured an IN
junction against the Western Union
company
ROME. July At the time Of the OPEN
ing of the Stock Exchange here this morn
ing al 10 O'Clock A. G. Thomas the man
ager. received notification that HIS wire
had been cut out: no explanation. II ~
said that the service came from = Baltl-
more house over the Western Union and
that arrangements had been made with
the Postal 10 furnish the source.
SYRACUSE. July Wire service was
today discontinued by the Western
Union Telegraph Company from the
one. 20 Bradley J Lane 4 Co. which
had a connection with the Rex CommIs-
SION Company
RoCHErTEE July Al the close NJ
business Yesterday afternoon the wire
service. leading to all the bucket shops
Of 'hs city wa CIT "a by the Western
Uuion lei.gra ~ company George u
Butler. the local manager said he was
unable To gIvs the reason Tor IN" action
". ~as ordered To di-continie he servi'~'
and did a. ordered. asking no question:
he principal bTOk-rS of the CITY hav.
Indep-ndsnt wires and arr not ahec,Nc.
bu' y - said several 81 the bucket shop
operators will D- vrippl'-l
AVsUHS Julys Manager WoosSer
Of ia. Western Un,on was directed h.
the company today Ia discontinue ~
woe "a the stock brokers Offices run 49,
Thomas u Mooney and by KENNEDY \
60 81 THIS city Ia" wires wee ,TIt - 4
At ono, IA obedience ~ the order, NJ
Mooney In the agent Tor Hllph h Rev
of Pit'.hurg and KENNEDY \ Go repr,-
ssntad = H"rfoCd 4 60 ~ Bsl'lmor'
The losing 81 the wires ~" entirely un- .
expected aud cane - gretf -urpr1s
ro tho lurdl brokers \-uh-r y the IT,
frm- wa- doing business fp-d1v
MIpDLF1uwS July In arriving
out orders received from 'I- h'ad-
quarter, Of the company ia. lo-,l o-i-l
OF the Western Union Telegraph CON-
pauy today cut ont the priVt'N w.
supplying the brokerage firm Of Ss,sma1
A Esc h.dor az a. North street witr stncN
quotations
A. IN. Western Union office NaaeE,
Faulkner sad that he was simply ord'red
To disconn"ct the privat" wire Of seaman
a E,Chedor The firm. which has a Largo
Of customer- h al NO warning or
explanation and wa. nearly put out IL
business However. IL kept it, Offices
oren and received a nunl-r 81 quotations
from its New York connections NV tels-
phone
WATERTowS. July i,oomiS 4 Gsd-
haw, who for several years h,ve had
brokers oftiCe IN this city and received
,hsir quotations over a Western Union
wire from Baltimore. were disappointed
10 day when just before tims for tho
market tn open they were informed by
the local ONCE Of the telegraph company
that orders had com. from Syracuse that
the service had t,een discontinued
BALTIMORE. JULY The Western Union
Telegraph Company was enjoined to-day
by Judge Stockbridgs from cutting out
the wire service from the Offices Of y
HEREFORD Co Neither tho members
o. the firm nor the telegraph company
will give any explanation.
Tho ball alleged that the brokerage firm
had paid the telegraph com pAny s7.SlS
in advance for private wire and ioker
service for the month OF July and that
the contracted service was given until
Then. according TO the hill.
an attempt was made TO cut on tho service
and To remove the wires from the ohioe-
Receipts and other papers showing that