The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
1850 S.UIbPO.E MAS
FOR OPERATORS.
Summoned to Testify as to Co.
lumbus and Hooking Coal
and Iron Scandal.
l6aDoo SHARES M.l.ss.IN G
Rumored That Stock Is to- Be Put
on Firm Basis and
Sold.

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Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
New York. March 12.-One hundred
and sixty subpoenas for as many
members OF the New York Stock Ex-
change were issued to-day. requiring
their attendance at 9 o'clock Monday
afternoon before United States COM
missioner Alexander to testify as to
the identity OF the person or persons
who placed buying or selling orders
for Columbus and Hooking Coal and
Iron stock on the day Of & tho great
slump and on the days imme diately
preceding that disastrous event. IS
Tho subpoenas were issued by Law
yer Ralph Wolf, as counsel for Irving
Il Ernst. receiver in bankruptcy for
~. NJ Fisko and Company, one. OF tho
brokerage houses which failed as a
result of the collapse Of \ the Hooking
movement. u
Mr.. Wolf hopes to be- q bio to trace.
through the medium OF 100 brokers.
5the identity Of those responsible for
the selling movement ssin locking on
January 10. and incidentally to dis
cover what has become of the $4,000
shares OF Hooking known to be 8extant,
and the greater portion OF (Which Il is
believed to beQSin Wall Street safe
deposit vaults. there held IN readiness
for another coup. whereof athe proper
ty may be disposed of to big Interests
Sat a vast prof Il 1. n Il
May Dcplete Exchange.
No such who lesale subpoeaning Of
Wall Street bro kers has been rejected
In recent years. II all the u 60 brokers
missioner Alexander the floor OF the
Stock Exchange will be sadly depleted
on Monday al tornoon. II, NJ ,s8s 3. v,
Mr.. Wolf eclined to-day to divulge
the names of the brokers for who M he
had issued subpoena as. n s3
"They number So" said Mr.. Wolf,
"and we anticipate that i heir testi-s
mony will be OF vital Importance 4 In
|elucidating the causes OF THE failure
of J. NJ Fiske & Company. cannot
permit a publioat ion OF the names ne
cause T do not skn ow VIII o las been serv-
ed and who has not. IL the list were
published those not served n would be
In n position to dodg go tho subpoena
server. Tho $50 include nlanv$of i the
most prominent brokers lin Wall
Street. a#
News Of the whole sale subpoeaning
OF n 4 abrok ers spread pld " through
the financial district ana caused vast
surprise. Wall streetEis full 81 rumors
the Hooking scandal and
the ultimate disposition OF the prop
serty, T he ncensus OF opinion is that
independent OF the a sclousers which
are prophesied as a result t Of the gin-
Svestigatlon now be ing conducted In tho
Federal courts. certain powerful forces
arc a t work loo kingsto a sroorganiza-
ton Of tho Hooking property, with a
View Of placing I Ion its feet and then
turning 1t over Al a han some Il profit
stoSeither he United States steel Sor the
standard @ 5scorpo rail q ne. q n si
#ssE One widely discussed at ory Is to tho
effect that last week there was a II, oct
ing pnrtlcipat cd IN by j am Ga i; II eene q,
one of ], ri erponts Morgan Is par tners,
and ono OF the IN embers OF the insol-
5Vency committee OF he s Il took 8 en-
change, who N by roa on 70 fs HIS office,
had exceptional OPP rtslnltteas al "a.
curing: insi de I'M ornlat ion al ia the
actual va ne q & tho III ook In & prop erty
tss33 s$ Tor q ns Il Get it,
AS ras,ll his IN eeti ng. sit ii III Ga
an ARA lgemen was an aae wi Ia Mr..
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