The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-25
PRICE TWO CENTS.
THE CITY AND THE STRIKES
THE POLICE and THE MILITIA READy
FOR Any EMERGENCY,
The Ounce or Prevention Airead Applied
How Trade is A ATected-The supply of Heed
Cattle Running Low-The Price OF Grain.

TO the Captains to have their subordinates ready
to move at moments notice. All passes and
leaves OF absence from the force have been
revoked. Detectives have been stationed at the
Grand Central depot. and at the piers on the
North and East rivers. Superintendent Walling
received reports from Captains and detectives
throughout tho city that there had been no
demonstrations. no unusual gatherings OF ruff
nans or loafers either on the street corners or
in or near the barrooms Every weak point has
been carefully strengthened. The military in
tho armories are In telcgraphic communication
with the Mayor and the police.
Mayor Ely visited the Grand Union depot In
the morning. and was informed by Superin-
tendont Toucey that the trouble on the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad had
not been begun.
In the event OF any outbreak. II will not be
necessary to appeal to the Governor. the Board
OF Police being clothed with ample power by
section Al Of the charter Of 1874. which is as
follows:
The Board Of Police may upcn any emergency or sp-
OF INVASION appoint as many slscal patroinen without
nd' IRON emons na e'ulen, as It may deem advisate
@ D'S 2 % Of any M erssds ,E regmGnt 6saio o.,
officer served to order out In aid Of the civil auhor
ues the military force or any part thereof under his
Tho effect OF the strikes on Wholesale busi-
ness in this city is marked. there being few
sales yesterday W out Of town buyers. except
those from the East. Western and Southern
merchants are waiting for the time when goods
may be transported in safety. Some OF the rail-
road companies offered to take freight at the
shippers risk but that offer OF itself tended 10
stop traffic.
In A. r. Stewart & Co.'s wholesale establsh-
mcnt. yesterday. the buyers from out OF town
were " looking but not ordering" There was
no apprehension Of loss of trade to the establish
ment. for undoubtedly the railroads would ba
in regular operation within a few days. and
then the purchasers from the West and the
South. with confidence restored. would do all
the buying that they had come to do Mr.. Lib
bey himself had not made any Inquiries on the
:. Mr.. Robinson. OF, II. D. Clailin 4 Co. said:
Business is so bad Just now that the railroad
trouble docs not affect trade much. OF course
the impossibity of shipping freight detcrs
buyers"
that practically no busin' IS would be done un-
Ill the strikes were over but that probably no
trade would be lost in the end. There was moth
ing in the trouble that would cause more than
disarraneenIent for the time being
Of TsS sihgg na7ns / smbrrs7sd SS "a clerk
that the large tanncrics in New-Jersey and
pennsyivania haye stopped shipping. This is
the dun seas9ni howwever, and trade has been
Smith Il Co, said: Owing to these troubles
nothing is coming from the tanncries.. manu-
faturers are not purchasing in the market. and
SO little business is being done"
NJ ssrs. llayemeyer Elder. and Mcssrs. De-
had csSsad ta shp reht in5 in ob ss
ence 70 orders against 1t but as they had nu.
merous Eastern orders to tll they did not need
were afraid 70 purchase; and consequently tho
unsold sugar accumulated on their hands. and
they had no room to store it, II they were
men employed cleaning up the reilneries. The
large warehouses along the river front are
heavily armed.
The Wholesale and manufacturing tobacco
business is deadened by the non 'cption Of
lcai from the south. and no sales are being
mad 10 dealers far from the city. Aspok"snRn
for Lorillnrd said that the employees connected
with receiving and shipping were having .
The New York Central and Hudson River
ireiEht depot wus we'll nigh deserted Yesterday.
40 Tr"ieli was received after the close of bu,i.
ness on Monday and none was sent out later
llnnrn @HIy y.st"rdny morning. when 1t was
Eo much rcgH ny was 9S~eSd oy 6y sninnt srke
had become alarmed Tor the shlcly' - n'.pp'fs
already sent. and very little was offered at tho
Th" refusal Of The express companies to trans
port bonds and other valuables between this
city and Washington s max ing trouble for the
syndicate. and Will necessarily check the fund
ing OF TIE debt into the new per cents. Large
amounts Of the bonds are in the national Treas
ury awaiting trans sportnt on 20 the purchasers
nero anu hllrohd ana otnrfs are IN tne nhilub
OF tn" syndicate awaiting transfer.
Tho effects OF the strike arc beginning 70 be
felt among. the butchers AT Washington Mar
ket Yesterday the demand was fully equal To
tho supply, and in soma instances the dealers
had consiiernhle Trouble IN supplying their
orders Mr.. Peter W. Lawric one of the oldest
butchers In the market, said that the trade al
ready felt the strike seriously. He was asked.
'Ycs. icridSily. W. pay three cents pound
more for br"f than we did before this trouble.
and other meats have gone up proportionately:
Illf
won't stand il. and the retail dealers have TO
stand IN the gap. But that IL not tho worst Of it.
for We cannot gct meat enough from ordinary
sources. ana are PM to AL sorts ol straits.
have had men to-day going throug h the, city.
looking loo for small. wgil-kept butcher shops,
meat IN such shops 10 buy them and send them
down to me- OF course have TO pay fun retail
prices for II. and am selling meat now for less
than il cost mo; bat our regular customers
must i.' cared for II 1t Is possible to do H. gni
W. VIII keep on as long as w. cam .,,,
You anticipate greater DIM sulti,s then -
Certainly. nnl' os The trains gn ruunlnI ~
tomorrow or 10y next day at iurthcst. New YORK
WI be out oi meat ~ the end oi The week.
why New Workers. will have to live on fsh.
There are plenty of fish and vegetables, not bad
thcm do until tho trains g'l running again
At tn" Union stock Yards the stiffness oi sum
INK sinre Frllny last On Monday, a regular
market day, liO ear loads OF cattle were re'
crNnd. ihoy average sixteen head 10 the Gag
ON TUESDAYS ra,tle are not ordinarily received
but vest 'rday J9 car loads arrived, tho agents
along the road having bccn Instructed 10 send
them ahead as fast as possible. Tho stock mon
were N'r} gloomy. To-day is another regular
marh,t gay ua tlSS nn no nope , 9i roo1Sn. GHn
] 900 wcek they agree with tho Washington
Market butchers, That heiorc many days tho
The adNaner IN wheat IS from five to ten cents
per bushcl. We have only small stocks. and tho
very very snail. We cannot ' get much BY Way Of iho
southern steamers. English shippers are ior-