The evening world., 1894-07-03
Meat FAMINE Mere,
last Train Of Live Stock Arrives
from the West To- Day
an Roads Are Now Completely
Tied Up There.
r~,orts of Sea Food stopped by
the Pullman strike.

r,s last CONSIGNMENT of live stock
,,at will reach New York until the
pullman strikers break the blockade
came In this morning.
A train of forty cars, containing 100
.ott,e. which left Chicago Friday. was
r,,sbed into the Central Stock Yards.
Jersey city, this morning fifteen hours
ahead of time. The Pennsylvania road
made the rush to anticipate a possible
extension of the strike.
ON the instant that this train
.topped in the yards. ~. II. Sherman.
the manager, took from messengers
hands and showed TO an Evening
World" reporter this telegram:
CHICAGO, July 8
n H. sherman. Jersey city: Nothing out to-
day. All roads tied up usht o.r,.>,,,,
There is not horn nor a hoof of live
meat ON its way here from the great
western markets, and MIR. Sherman
says: ,,,s ,o0,s -, . ,ev d,v. ,onysr
there won't be enough beet, in New York
10 grease your boots with"
When the small receipt of this morn
Ing came in there. were only forty or
price of cattle on the hoof has advanced
hes a hundred, and the Significance Of
| present conditions Is that it shortly
Here are a couple Of the warlike bulle-
tins Mr.. Sherman has. to show this
morning: .
The strikers and United States marshals have
got lighting. The Governor has called out Second
OF getting anything out before the last of this
week, as the yards here will be closed on the
Ith SIMON O'DONNELL.
CHICAGO July 3.
D. II. Sherman, New York.
can't get anything out on vanderbilt lines ,'.
-, Louis asepU wires me that st. Louis is as
bad as here The Burlington road is the only
Hs II there win be- hrre
and stop them. SIMON oDONNELL.
AS Simon O'Donnell used to be a po-
lice captain on the turbulent west side
of Chicago, where most of the railroad
yards are, he probably knows what he
Is wiring about. .,
for the meat supply Of New York" said
Mr.. sherman. while we get some beef
and a good deal Of mutton from the I'M, I'M,
mediate neighborhood, the south tn ana
Ohio the great bulk of beef comes from
the West. The territory of supply may
be bounded on the, east by a line run
north and south through Central Hi
nois. From the region west of this the
cattle chiefly come, and are dropped Off
at points ali the way from Indianapolis
to to Portland, Me; .,a. t., ,,o ,,,ou
mediate regions they need for the con-
sumption of their own big towns, such
as Cincinnati. Cleveland, Pittsburg and
"They may struggle to gather up old
cows, but even at that they Will not be
obtainable here, as they will be con-
sumed i in the immediate neighborhood
where they are raised.
dressed beef has also been pushed up
two cents a pound. but will not be. pur-
chasable at any price IL this thing keeps
up. You can see by my kilograms that
that means that New York cannot get
adequate fresh meat If the blockade
continues"
was felt in the local markets this morn
ing. Dealers had to pay 10 and 10 cents
a pound for prime beef. while carcasses
brought from 10 to II cents. In conss g.
quence. rib roasts sold as high as 20
cents a pound, and porterhouse steaks
brought 20 cents.
Local fish dealers, who ship to West
refusal Of the railroads TO accept per
ishable freight. This Is the season for
clans, crabs and Holsters; and biue,
sn and be Wes a me people ngEh
as fond of uncse delicacies as are their
seahoard cousins, and they pay their
money for them real cheerfully.
garded as the most perishable sort OF
freight. the railroads Will not accept
them for far Western points, ana there
is a consequent stagnation in that line
r. +. Hopkins. a large shipper of sea
food from the Fulton Market. said TINS
morning: III
bankrupt us. At this season in, previous
years | have been accustomed to shiI
len carloads day OF fish, crabs; lob
sters, clans and oysters, and find my
self now unable to get out carr lad; me
people of New York and the .nelghbor
hood must take to an active diet or SCI
food or there will be thousands of dollar!
worth Of 1t that will be fit only Tor Ter
tizing''
: Goodsell & Co, the, California frui
auctIoneers at 1903 Park place, say ina
there are carloads of California frui
and that IL the blockade. is not raisec
there viii he o serious impairment o
this supply to this market
At the same time the dealers I'm Flor
Ida and West India fruit are worried
over the trouble in reaching their West
ern customers Invoices continue to ar
not e ts sheaG s hut 'he W sTSaaS w
signees The logical effect OF this stu
alton ought to be TO advance the loca
price of apples, pears, cherries, peache
and apricCts. and tn flood the marke
with pineapples and bananas.
The effect of the strike has been yer!
depressing upon the passenger railwa!
business, People are afraid to under
take westward journey in the face %
prospects of being tied UP at wa,
point,
A solid train of Pullman slecpens ief
Jersey city last evening, II Is said, wit
only one passenger. The offices of tn
Western roads and those having WeSter
connections are besieged to-day with in
quirles. from persons having friends VIII
ielt few days ago. bound West.
y singular feature Of the SITUATION |
affected ali espress The belief that tn
strike Will last but a few days. and tia
business VIII reopen before the end o
the Week under normal conditions. Ihi
confidence T. not altogether warrante
~ the troublous advices received fror
the West.