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Show 5T0CK5 ARE UNSETTLED ON ! PROSPECTIVE STEEL STRIKE! ' Popular Shares Break Sharply on Opening-, but ; Most of Loss Is Recovered During Course of Session. , NEW YORK. Sept. 11. The stock market , was viol en t ; y unset I led at the opening of to- 1 iluy 'h dealings, ! 'jnil.tr shari-n hri-aKini; sharply on uiui'ii:ici-i!:etit that tin cu-i-l lubyr i.-jn!.iB had ,t national air Ike order, effective j SeptpiMber '22 next. Much of thf loss was rerripvcnl in the flrnt j li-.v.r. with f .irt li'T rtvyvtTirs in th course of i th' spss ion, rallies bt'ii.e at.' (ni plislie-il for tli ' ni't part o-i couijiara ti . vly modi? rule, but acni iu;,'ly confident, buyinz. 1 To observers, the recupeni t ive power displays,! dis-plays,! by the ypiieriil list indicated that inuel: if tJie parly upheaval resulted not so much from liquidation of lontf holdings its from tig- 1 gri'ssi ve short selling. Naturally, the stocks which experienced greatest great-est depreciation ai the outset were the favorite fa-vorite sieel issues. United States Steel reacted re-acted almost o points, with as much for lie-public lie-public Iron; Bethlehem dropped 8 and Crucible 11 points. O'.'.s and motors came next, nt extreme reversals re-versals of 3 to G points. Chandler Motors show-ir.ir show-ir.ir a gross setback of H'. while shippings, rails, coppiirs. leatiiors. tobaccos und food shares forfeited '2 to tl. KiinlpmentB. In which early losses were relatively rela-tively slicht, featured the rebound, liaMwin lxC"motive and American lxH'oinotlve represent repre-sent In j; the chief elements of strength, with such affiliated issm's as Studebaker, cieneral Motors and Men-grade oils. Other reaction toward the close, attributed in p:irt to prof 1 1 -taking, caused a pen era 1 shading from mux I mum quotations, but this was apnln overcome, the net result leaving few serious losses. Sales amounted to 1,130,-000 1,130,-000 shures. Rouds were heavy, the most severe reactions being con fined to specula t ive issues. Liberty bonds and internationals steadying later. Total sales, $lfi,7(W.OOfl. |