Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-07

Calculations as to the number OF men o"'
are necessarily incomplete. but there ~
little doubt that the total number 'die as
the result OF the railroad ue-up far eh-
ceeds the outcome Of any previous iapof
trouble I'm this country. All cereais except
wheat have shown decided ADVANCE
and pork and lard are UP sharply, as are
fruits. vegetables. meats. and other per
,sbable produce. Pig-iron west ~ com
handing q cents more per ton, ana ea.'''
hogs. and sheep are notlceably hisher'
even at far western markets, where re-
ceipts are restricted. ,,
General trade at New Orleans siouhe.
Savannah. Nashville. and Memphis mas
been unfavorably affected by the railway
tie-up. melon producers and others ii.ei
ested In shipping vegetaDleS anu
having already suffered great Vos.
Charleston reports trade du'i anu "''hou'
feature. Augusta says II Is good for the
aeason with the receipts for June's busi-
ness more favorable than in June year
aao. while at Birmingham trade Is very
quiet In all lines. Favorable crop Reports
from Texas stimulate merchants to eA-
pect a good fall trade. +,
AT the larger eastern centres there u
no material gain in the situation beyond
n speculative spirit in wool. Baltimore re-
ports quite an unsatisfactory trade. Whole-
sale dry-goOds dealers being the more
fayorably situated. Reports from fhiIa-
delphIa are that the volume and results
of business I'm nearly all lines are very
unsatisfactory.
II q Dun & Co.'S weekly review or
trade will say tomorrow; The Interrupt
ton of business by the railroad strikes
has been such that the usual signs
whether bright or gloomy. have niue
value. Clearing house returns Tor the mrs,
week Of July are 1872 per cent. less imam
last year, an 81 per cent. less imam III
lSg2 but these record half-yearly settle
ments rather than the volume OF current
business.
The iron industry had not yet recovered
from the coal-miners' strike wnen IL was
seriously interrupted by the blockade Oh
railroads at the West. An obvious erect
will be restriction OF repairs ana car
building. and of track-laying' ana the
track laid during the first half oil 1874 mas
been only i9j miles. the smallest addilioh
for many years; against l,O-J IN the hIsI
half of 1893. \ large and somewhat iaS,-
ing reduction in the demand for iron Is
the natural consequence OF dlSturoahceS
affecting railway earnings. The demand
and prices are again tending downward
I'm splte Of the general feeling that an adj
vance must follow the termination OF the
miners strike.
Textile manufacturers do not show I'M
provement, two cotton-mllls nahihS
manufactured goods having stopped IN
definitely, while the unsold stock OF PRINT
cloths at Fall River and Providence mas
reached 106l.Oo0 pieces. and downward
revision in the prices Of bleached sheet
ings is expected quite large NUMBER oil
woollen-mills have filed all orders III
hand and closed for the present ana u,
most branches orders FOR the future ran
far below expectations.
Failures during tn week have been Isl
in the United States against 33i last year
and e in Canada. against . last year
with no important disaster as yet since
the new half-year began.