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New York, N. Y., Nov. 6.-General conditions in the financial situation were favorable today. Runs on trust companies had practically ceased under the encouraging support of the trust compact. Gold engagements were further increased and the stock market rose buoyantly. The announcement by Mr. King, president of the Union Trust Co., early in the morning that aa agreement had been reached by which the Trust Company of American and Lincoln Trust company were to deposit their stock with a committee of trust company presidents and in consideration of this, were to receive all the support required, cleared the trust company situation. Now that this danger is removed, it is believed the situation will gradually simmer down with the continuous arrival of gold, until the stringency is converted into a plethora of reserve money in the banks, which usually follows a crisis. Additional gold engaged was announced today of $1,000,000 on account of Lazard Freres and $500,000 for Montreal. This brings the total gold engagements for America to $37,500,000, which would make a legal reserve against deposits of $150,000,000. The gold which arrived yesterday was deposited today and that brought by the Lusitania will soon be in the vaults. While there is still some apprehension regarding the possible effort of