The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
MEAT FAMINE rel
Last Train of Live Stock ArrII
from the West To- Dav.
All Roads Are Now CompIs,,
Tied Up There.
Exports of Sea Food Stopped
the Pullman Strike.

The last consignment OF live at
that will reach New York until Y
Pullman strikers break the blocl. II
came in this morning. I
train of forty cars, containing
cattle, which left Chicago Friday. n
rushed into the Central Stock YSX
Jersey city. this morning fifteen III
ahead of time. The Pennsylvania
made the rush to anticipate a pos4
extension of the strike. U
On the instant that this
stopped in the yards. ID. H. SherH
the manager. took from messend
hands and showed to an Ever,
d. II sherman. Jersey City: Nothing out
''''' " ~ ~ SIMON opoNNELi
There is not horn nor a hoof of In
meat on its way here from the gre
western markets. and Mr.. Sherma
| says:
"If this keeps up few days lonse
there won't be enough beef In New Yof
10 grease your boots WITH
When the small receipt Of this mon
ing came in there were only forty :
fifty head on hand In the yards. II
price OF cattle on the hoof has advane
sl.25 hundred, and the Significance
present conditions Is that 1t short
cannot be had at any price.
Here are a couple of the warllke bur
tins Mr.. Sherman hat to show U
morning:
| d. II. Sheman, New York:
The strikers AMI United States msrshsls
| got lighting. The Governor has called out SEQ
OF getting anything out before the last OF
ith SIMON o'DoNNEIl
CHICAGO. July
D. II. Sherman. New York:
| Can't get anything out on Vanderbilt lil
| There H., complete blockade here. Manyou
st. Louis AGENT wires me that St. Louis 10
bad as here. The Burlington road Is the
oss II s'Gs Sse T Win bs rous.
and stop them. SIMON oDoNNELL
AS Simon O'Donnell used to be q h
lice captain on the turbulent west si1
yards are. he probably knows what I
Is wiring about.
This means a very. serious conditid
for the esa suPRS Sf We Mew vet soe
and good deal Of mutton from the d
mediate neighborhood, the South ~
Ohio the great bulk of beef comes froI
the West. The territory OF supply M
be bounded on the east by a line q
north and south through Central 1l|
nois. From the region west OF this
cattle chiefly come. and are dropped
at points all the way from Indianap'
what cattle they raise. in the I'M
mediate regions they need for the q
sumption Of their own big towns, 81
as Cincinnati. Cleveland. Pittsburs
"They may struggle to. gather up
cows, but even at that they Will not
ohtainable here. as they VIII pc
sumed in the immediate neighbour
where they are raised.
Dressed beef has also been pushed
two cents a pound, but Will not be
chasabe at any price If this thing ke
up. You can see by my kilograms
) everything is tied up In Chicago,
that means that New York cannot
adequate fresh meat If the block
continues"
A steady advance in the price Of b
was felt in the local markets this mo-
ing. Dealers had to pay Is and 16 &c
a pound for prime beef, while carcas
brought from 10 to II cents. In com
! quence rib roasts sold as high as
: cents Il pound. and porterhouse stes(
{ brought 80 cents.
Local fish dealers, who ship to .We|
, ern markets. are heavy sufferers py
refusal of the railroads to accept p
clans. crabs and Holsters: and Ply
fish and mackerel are at the height
their run The Western people
+ as fond OF these delicacies as are thu
, money for them real cheerfully.
. However as these products are
Sarded as the most perishable sort
freight. the railroads will not acce
them for far Western points. and tns
is a consequent stagnation in that "
If business.
f, +. Hopkins, a large shipper Of {
food from the Fulton Market, said 70
morning:
bankrupt us. At this season In previo'
years / have been accustomed TO q
5 ten carloads day OF fsh, CRABS, ~
| sters. CLAIMS and oysters. and l nna ~ ~
self now unable to get out carl bad ~
people of New York and the neignoo
hood must take to an active diet OF 7,
, food or there will be thousands OF dolle
, worth Of it that will be ft only Tor ie
Goodsell & Co, the. California fru
auctioneers at 1903 Park place. say tn
, there are carloads of California ~
decaying at way statiohs IN n uae ra M
, there viii be q serious impairment
At the same time the dealers In Fig
ida and West India 1Tnit are w4 Mn,
ern customers. Invoices continue TO
I rive in shiploads. but the railroads Y
not take the freight for western e.
signees, The logical effect Of this i s,t
pricS OF apples. pears. cherries, peach
and apricots, and to flood the mark
q with pineapples and bananas. -.
The effect of the strike has been W
o depressing upon the passenger raiIy
/ business. People are afraid TO una
take a westward journey In the face
$ prospects of being tied up at "
= point. ,,,,,, s,.en.rz 4
Z Jersey city last evening; 1t is SAID. w
u only one passenger. The onlces OF
Western roads and those having Weste
connections are besieged to-day with
uuiries from persons having trienus
lett "a few days ago, bound West.
a singular feature OF the situa. oSa,
that the railway agents and mercnai
affected r ali express the belief that !
strike will last but few days. ana u
business will reopen before the eng
the week under normal conditions.
confidence Is not altogether warran.