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Show I MARKED CURTAILliiNT Of I WALL STREET OPERATIONS s. . , s Spasmodic Advances and Declines at the Opening, Open-ing, the Trend Being Very Uncertain. NEW YORK,3Iay 10. Tho only notc-worViiy notc-worViiy feat 'ire of today's market, amle fro.fi Us inrther irrem:lafity, vas the marked cni'tiuirrx.-nt uf "pf-ations. Kv;ti the iirsl lio'jr's V-nsir.-iA.s was only nominal, nom-inal, and thereafter tiadlnq steadily di-mmiMie'!. di-mmiMie'!. Tiie uni i-rialn u-eiKl of t!ift opening was occaHionaily relieve-.! by sj as-rr;O.Uc as-rr;O.Uc ailvncctii ur deeim, hul liK'se proved tu hnv- no yinal M.miifi'-af.ct', except ex-cept in a it-w jpiiniM::-;if. i-ue.s. v.-.o?e movement rcfjlti'd Iiom we 11 -de lined causes. ; Mexican n flairs continued to encase the : Hice'itioii o:' h : eeula t: ve intf-resn s, and the possibilities oi' a federal imiuiry of ih coal situation ' aierl pome .-tlme of stocks whieh may come within tii-e urope of fciieh investigation. Trade authorities referred to a "Mow -down" hi the me1! and iion industry, arid the United States . .Steel April tonnage statement, which broke, all previous reuorUij, seemed to iai! on barren ground. Rails Show Activity. : Ralls were fairly active, but realizing , jules contributed to the heaviness of tha.t -xj'1'1 Roek Tsland, yesterday's outstand-fc outstand-fc "feature, received a moderate setback, f- leaders like Union Pacific, ReadhiS Jr New York Central were under re- strain", with heaviness in New Haven. Peace rumors, which wure no less tanci-hr; tanci-hr; or -c.-i-je rh.an in the preceding j-es-a.-ii, wi-rc -ain responsible for the pressure pres-sure a'ain-t nrunitioTis. in which declines varied from u:ie to more than three roinl.s. M-xicari L'etro'ctim. tiie Motors and I'nited States industrial Ah.uhoi backed and rided in coiu'ii-iuy fashion. Shipping; Shares Dull. For the firs: time in a fortnight, shipping ship-ping shares failed to exercise the slightest influence..- Mercantile Marine and I'nited Fruit lost some of their advantage and prominence on denials that outside interests inter-ests weie seeking control of those Properties. Prop-erties. Siar sha res alone were consistently s Am..-iican Sur-rar showing unusual -ivity and yaininy tim;e and three-eighths, three-eighths, with one to two points in oihers oi u;e same group. Final prices were mostly a lowest levels, fresh, selling caus-)ti" caus-)ti" renewed weakness. Total sales of stocks. 420,000 shares. Bonds were lower, with the exception oi Rock Islands, the debenture and refunding re-funding issues making further resionse to reported reorganization proceedings. Total sales of bonds, par value. S3.y25.0u0. United States bonds were unchanged on call. |