The evening world., 1894-07-02
FRESH MEAT FAMINE.
That's What the Pullman Gar
Strike Means for New York.
No Perishabls Freight Received by
the Western Railroads.
And Local Marketmen Are Already
Putting Up Prices.

A prolongation Of the railway strike
in the West means fresh meat famine
for New York and the cluster Of big
towns about the metropolis.
The effect has already been felt in a
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
their daily supplies. While this has oper-
ated as a deterrent to the consumption
of meat by private Individuals and
clearinghouse keepers, the hotels, big
been forced to accept large figures, as
they cannot go without.
At Washington Market this morning
buyers found themselves confronted
Beet, lo.ns. IA cents: round. cents.
and chuck s cents. an advance Of from
IL to 4 cents pound.
cents, and headquarters Of Spring lamb.
IA 10 cents. an advance at the same
rate as on beef
hibitory upon poor folks. and Will doubt
less increase the hotel and restaurant
tariff on chops, roasts and steaks.
depends upon m. the md re- n
effect that its back is broken and others
that 1t Is spreading
to-day to agents Of the Pennsylvania.
Erie. Baltimore and Ohio and other rail-
roads with Western connections TO re-
f freishts no ineiudins i've stock FRUITS and
even periodicals. except at the shippers
II is quite probable that similar orders
these roads and connections this morn:
Pittsburg and Buffalo are being, tied up.
by the strikers beyond these points. the
supply OF meat at this point Is going to
be seriously affected. The meat con-
saRsd n My r oa ssesyes BY
Armour 4 CO., Swift & Co, Morris 4
Co and other big Chicago concerns are
the chief purveyors Of dressed meat.
A heavy percentage of the supply
comes on foot to the slaughtering es-
Establishments along the East River In
the nelghborhood of sIxtieth street;
which was wiped out by Are few days
ago. Latterly the invoices Of cattle and
fashion on the meadows, back Of Jersey
CITY. each consignment being cut out
and sent from that point by floats to its
consgnee on the East River.
this business for the several railways
centring at that point, could not be
found this morning. as he has been
his hat. .figuratively speaking, since the
fire. Exact figures were thus unob-
tainable, but that the receipts OF live
stock had been heavily reduced was
The poultry and fish dealers In the
markets are proportionately 5ubilan as
they contemplate an enforced increase
One jovial poultryman in Wash
In. ION .Iarket remarked to an Even
Ing Moe ony pfepes Source of m... food
is the barn yard. Everybody. likes poul-
try in some form. Some like chicken
for breakfast; others like e.. turkey for
and we will be, getting 80 cents a dozen
for 'em II this keeps up"
The fruit trade Is also to be hard hit:
1t deals in the most pertshable OF all
freight. Ventilated and refrigerator cars
are used and faster time schedule put
on for ITS transportation than any other
manner of freight exchanged between
New York gets endless carloads Of
peaches, apricots. 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.
clare that a CONTINUANCE 81 the strike
will entail the loss Of thousands OF
dollars worth OF fruit from the Pacific
coast. while shiPloads OF tropical produce
F. F. Keith, manager OF the Astor
House, speaking for the hotels and first-
class restaurants. said this mornings:
more than two weeks before it will
effect our charges in the bill of fare.
We ordinarily buy meat from twelve to
have their stock for that time already
I'VE expect an end to the strike in
week. but If 1t should continue longer
more than 80 per cent. before we would
make any change to our patrons. There
Is no doubt that the wholesale butchers
with whom we deal would submit to an
equal increase OF costs to them before
asking ust to meet the advance. We
cannot conceive OF this trouble lasting
longer han 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
Stephen Farrelly, the manager of the
American News Company. said
I'VE ordinarily classify our freight
matter as 'pertshable." and pay those
rates, but under the present circum-
stances regard It as dangerous to trust
TO the railways. so we have decided to
employ the malls until the difficulty is
settled. This does not affect the daily
newspapers, for they have always been
despatched by mall for distant points"