The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-02
FRESH MEAT FAMINE.
That's What the Pullman Gar
Strike Means for New York.
10 Psrlshabie Freight Received by
the Western Railroads.
And Local Markctmen Are Already
Putting Up Prices.

4 A. proiongs ton OF the railway strike
y In the West means fresh meat famine
3 for New York and the cluster of bis
towns about the metropolis.
The effect has already been felt In q
sharp advance in the price OF meats
but up to this hour the consumer has
not been confronted with the full force
Of the stringency.
The retail dealer Is the present suf-
ferer, although even he has been com
PEELED to add something to what has
been considered the standard price of
this product.
I'VE don't dare ask our customers
TO pay the whole OF the advance. be-
cause they will not believe that the
jump In one day Is fairly made" say
all the meat market men and retail
butchers. However. II the whole
sale prices to US continue to be pushed
we will have TO meet the increased
rate pro rata
Nevertheless, thousands of citizens
visiting the markets and their butchers
this morning found that "A very material
addition had been made 10 the cost of
their daily supplies. While this has oper-
ated as "a deterrent to the consumption
OF meat by private individuals and
boarding -house keepers, the hotels big
restaurants and transatlantic liners have
been forced To accept large figures. as
they cannot go without.
AZ washington Market this morning
buyers found themselves confronted
with new prices at these rates.
Beef. lotns. u cents: round. cents.
and chuck cents. an advance OF from
IL to cents pound.
Mutton. shoulder. 6 cents. leg, ~ 10
cents. and headquarters of Spring lamb.
ni-2 cents an advance at the same
A much further advance will be pro-
nibitory upon poor folks. and will doubt
les. increase the hotel and restaurant
tartn on chops, roasts and steaks.
Everything depends upon the duration
, q the strike. and as TO that the air IL
nl!ed with varying runors-some, to the
that II H. spreading.
General orders have been Issued here
Today 70 agents OF the Pennsylvania,
roads with Western connections to re-
ceiye no consgnments OF perlshable
frei6hts. Including live stock, fruits and
even periodicals. except at the shippers
II Z. quite probable that similar orders
have been Issued at the western ends of
these roads and connections this morn.
Ing, a. all east-bound freights beyond
Pittsburg and Buffalo are being tied up.
py the strikers beyond these points. the
sumed in New York is received by IL
large majority from Western centres.
Co. and other big Chicago concerns are
the chief purveyors OF dressed meat.
a heavy percentage OF the supply
sSSiish@ents e0s along The EAST RiHsr en- In
he neighbour sod OF sIxtieth street.
Live stock was formerly transferred
rSm , the big ns ssa oas sv H Jersey ssw GG,y
ago. Iatterly the Invoices OF cattle and
sheep have been handled in a makeshift
lashion on the meadows. back Of Jersey
.,fty, each consignment being cut out
and sent from that point BY floats to Its
scnsignse on the East River.
Mr.. Sherman, who has charge OF al
rentring at that point, could not be
found this morning, as he has been
transacting business with his Office In
Ore. Exact figures were thus unob-
lainable, but that the receipts OF live
stock had been heavily reduced was
quite apparent.
The poultry and fish dealers in the
markets are proportionately jubilant. AS
they contemplate an enforced increase
in the local consumption of sea food.
One jovial poultryman In WASH
lngton Market remarked to an Even
M World" reporter:
- the barn yard. Everybody likes poul-
try In some form. Some like chicken
:or breakfast; others like turkey for
and We will be getting 80 cents dozen
Tor. EN- II this keeps up"
The fruit trade is also to be hard hit
height. Ventilated and refrigerator cars
are used and faster time schedule put
On for its transportation than any other
nannsr OF freight exchanged between
New York gets endless carloads of
peaches. aprlcots. pears. cherries and
apples from California. while 1t returns
pineappIes. bananas and other tropical
fruits received here by vessels from
southern ports and the West Indies.
share that. u continuance OF the strike
will entail the loss OF thousands Of
loIlars' worth Of fruit from the Pacific
Vii VIII rot n at the wharye e here
HOUSE. speaking for the hotels and flrst-
si shins viii have have 'n 10 eontnus for
more than two weeks before It will
lhect our charges in the bill OF. fare.
we ordinarily buy U meat from twe np;io to
have their stock for that time already
I'VE expect an end to the strike in
prices to us would have to advance
more than % per cent. before we would
make any change TO our patrons. There
with whom We deal would submit 10 an
equal increase of cost TO them before
asking us to meet the advance. We
cannot conceive of this trouble lasting
Ionger than a week"
The American News Company this
morning suspended the use Of freights
to points beyond Pittsburg. and until
the strike Is over will use the United
States mails.
Stephen Farrelly. the manager Of the
American News Company. said:
matter as .perishable." and pay those
rates, but under tae present circum,
stances regard II as dangerous to trust
to the railways, so we have decided 10
employ the mails until the difficulty is
settled. This does not affect the daily
newspapers. for they have always been
despatched by mail for distant points"
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