The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-04
TO PUT Up The PRICES.
The Effect Of the Big Strike Being
Felt Here.

The Melon Movement Seriously In
terferred With-The Price Of Meat
Advanced and May GO Higher Be-
fore the End of the Week-Switch-
men and Firemen Being Hired Here
For the Louisville and Nashville.
The effects of the great railway strike
in the west are being felt in this section
The strike is proving very disastrous to
the watermelon growers Of southwest
Georgia, as the bulk of the crop is taken
by the west and the season is now at its
hight
Superintendent Fleming of the Sayan-
nah, Florida and Western railway said
yesterday that the effect of the strike is
to practically put an end to the melon
shipments to the west. Large shipments
have been made TO the north through So
vannah during the last few days, but
there is limit to consumption in this
territory, and there is danger of the mar
kets becoming overstocked.
The probability is that unless western
outlet can be obtained, many Of the grow
ers will stop shipping The Central rail
as far as Memphis by the Kansas City,
Memphis and Birmingham railroad, but
beyond that point shipments have been
uncertain
THE PRICE OF MEAT GOING Up.
Unless there is some let-up in the strike
out west very soon, Savannah is likely to
suffer from a meat famine The western
|cold-storage houses have notified their
representatives here to advance the price
Of beef, and make their stocks hold out as
long as possible, as it will be very
difficult to maintain the supply until the
strike is over. Prices to the butchers
were advanced one cent a pound by the
cold storage houses the first part of the
week and another advance is expected at
ANY time. one cold storage company
wired its agent that he should charge 10
cents a pound wholesale. The agent
thought this extortionate, however, and
has not yet attempted to charge this rate.
He informed a MORNING News reporter,
however, that if the strike keeps up
choice sirloin steak will be selling in the
market at 80 to 40 cents pound by the
end OF the week, with other grades in
proportion The Savannah houses arc
still able to get beef through from Kan
sas City, but if that point should be shut
off the prices of western beef would soon
become almost prohibitory to people of
ordinary means.
THE BEEF SUPPLY SHORT.
There is not enough native beef to be
had to supply the market for any length
of time. Spring chickens would be about
the only thing Savannah people would
have to fall back upon, and the pricesu of
these would soon go out of sight. The
hOusekeepers will not have to read the
MORNING News to find out whom the
strike has enVeloped Kansas City. They
will be able to tell that by the prices Of
meat in the market.
The wholesale groCers have not felt any
serious results from the strike as yet.
One large dealer said yesterday that he
had been wired by Cincinnati houses that
they could not fill orders for the present
on account of the strike If the strike
keeps up, however, the grocers will soon
find themselves short on supplies of meat,
hay, grain, whisky and other western
supplies.
HIREING FIREMEN AND swITCHMEN HERE.
Mr. j. S. Tyson is advertising for white
fremen and switChmen. MIR Tyson in
formed a MORNING News reporter yester-
day morning that he is acting for the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, which
IS in need of men to take the places of
those who went out at Cincinnati. Mr..
Tyson said that he has had quite num-
Der of applications already and that he
expected TO send off a batch of about a
dozen men tonight. He expects to send
of another lot by the end Of the week.