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Show TRADING IN SPECIALTIES SECURITY MARKET FEATURE Issues Under Control of Powerful Speculative Interests In-terests Contribute to Day's Active Operations. j NEW YORK. Sept. 3. Trading on the block exchange today ran in a in h to s-pecia 1 1 ies under control of powerful snecuiuuve interests, half i a ecu re of those issues con ( ribu t icg fSiea&i vt ly ; lo the -very active and sensational operations of 't the session. t Chief among these was Crucible t-el. which I scored u further rite of 1 T points to l04-1. a new high record and an advance of almost 00 I points over its final price of a week ago. j Buying of Crucible sugesf-d something mor (lian a mere rout of the shorts, but so far as could be learned there was nothing on rhich to biise widely circulated rumors of a "corner" in that slock. The next most conspicuous i&Mie was Ttnldvtin Locomotive, iu which there was an enormous turnover at an extreme rise of ld points, accompanied ac-companied by gains of 3 to 10 points in other equipments and steels, also affiliated shares. Less ex tensive gains were made by motors and oils, tbese in a few instances being altogether alto-gether effaced in Cie latter dealings, despite t lie increased dividends declared un Mexican aud I'an-American petroleums. American Woolen. Barrett company, leathers, shippings and tobaccos participated in the upward up-ward movement at eil re me ga ins of 'J to S points, a few unclassified specialties deriving almost eiiy I benefit. Kails opened with a show of strength on publication pub-lication of official figures foreshadowing best earnings, w age increases excluded, since last yep tern ber. but this improvement was forfeited, excepting among minor issues, where the inquiry in-quiry was well sustained. tales amounted to l.riOO.OOO shares. Konds were firm to strong on moderate dealings, deal-ings, with a better inquiry (or rails. Liberty oVj touched par. Total sales (par value) 510,575,000. Old L. S. bonds were unchanged on call. |