New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-24
TR1DE IN CHICAGO CRIPPLED.
EFFECT or TIE STRIKE on THE MkRKETs-ARMoUR
SELLING HEAyILY-FALL IN PORK.

fined market Is steady and without change.


IBr TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSE.l
CHICAGO, July 23.-The produce markets are
lower tonight than they saturday night mainly
because the Western Union Telegraph Company Is In a
tange than time since the operators strike
began. Wheat perhaps was littlc influenced by
large sales by Kent & Co. aud George q. Walker
4 Co.. firms which OF late have been buyers
aud not sellers OF produce. But still these sales had
only little weight compared to the other bearsh cir
CONFERENCE.-The fact that not per cent OF the usual
number OF orders being received and that the few
outside traders who still Ia the market were writ
tn not ,eegraphng u their brokers TO even them
and their accounts Corn little Affected,
too by the receipt Of Go7 bat IT, too. was more de-
pressed 10y the scarcity OF orders than by any OF the
natural influences.
Tradng on Change has about been given to the
"sc1lpers." Excepting tue few firms which have prl-
yate wires TO NewYork aud which kept them going. tine
commission houses were almost completely cut of
from outside customers. Communication with st. Louis
Il open over the Board OF Trade Company's wires
q private corporation whose operators have not
strickland with Milwaukee another cooperative
line disconnected from the Western Union corpora
ZION completeness OF tho blockade 40 far ~ other
points are concerned Is illustrated by the following In
stances: Beuslcy, Wagner x Benslcy receive ut ordi
nary times between tw0nty and thirty but to
day got only two; Bennett & Martin received one
message dated the 10Th instead OF the
dozen or fifteen which they usually receive
wadhams 81 60. usually got during the day hundred
oil quotations To-day they received only two. Lind
bom * Co. said that they had really no communication
with any body except with New York their private
WIRE W. T. Baker Il Co. said that even their private
wire had been out OF order half the day.
The "tickers " we're demOraliEed to-day Wheat at
times was sent out as being sold ut 81 cents bushel
And cor tape said, sold once at SO 30 bushel
Up only quotation on lard had been sont out
Instead OF the seveDty-Gve Western Union operators
usually Change, there were six green
Mt the tables. SO far as the grain
pIts are concerned. this market Is In the
position usually occupied by st. Louis, Milwaukee,
or Toledo There is a little betting done ON small lots
half hundred brokers struggle over their quarters
sad eight T e raaI pso SI II non OIL '0
Wheat for August stopped at 0l and for September
MT lO37s the lowest points OF the day. August corn
stopped at sos aud september BOA cents nearly the
lowest figures Tor the day The speculation IN hog prod
grain The great pork and lard gamblers resident
here, for one reason Besides the panic over yellow
have fallen, overshadows everything else Armour
taking chances uEon the advance or stoppage OF
approaching He has turned great seller OF all
kinds OF product lie is forcing hls property out ship
ping carloads to New. Orleans vicksburg-to any points
to sell orders his 10 run close" The
Chicago Packing Company which has been more persist
perhaps than he was over the peril to
Inc Yellow fever There Was an additional bearsh
influence about the provision pit to-day.
An official OF the Telegfaphers BrotnerhoOu privately
declared this morning That Wednesday, unless the
PHO problem had been solved by that date the
railroad operators would strike. lhls II Is felt will, II
IL happens really result in general railroad blockade
III tine operators not followed by any OF the other
railroad employees II is believed that the secession
the teegrapbers would greatly cripple the but
eyerybody here knows from observation tho iniiam.
mabe kind Of material along the railroads strike of
telegraphers, 10 is felt, would degenerate into
general railroad strike for all tho working classes arc
deeply interested In the present light railroad
blockade would be disastrous 10 the price OF proyi
sons the actual presence OF yellow fever ut New
Orleans
PORK to-day under those and because OF these
fears umbed 20 to 80 cents barrel and lard cents
hundred August pork stopped at $l3 50, aud Septom
Der ut $13 92e August lard at W 90 and September
at 80 02ia August ribs at ~ 20.