The Washington times., 1894-07-04
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ID lamb about the same. Pork is cents

and lamb about the same Pork is cents a
pound higher
TAUNTON, Mass, July 3.-Wholesale deal
ers have only enough meat to last to-day. and
they are hoping for a change in the western
situation within twenty-four hours. In spite
OF the advance In the wholesale price Of beef
the retailers have not charged an advance.
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, July 3.-Armour 4
Co.. Of Chicago, have notified dealers OF
meat in this city that they will net ship any
beef this week. owing TO the strike In the
West. To-day the price Of beef was advanced
from 81 to $40 a car, cash. HEADQUARTERS,
which have sold for $3.50, have been adj
vanced to $3.50.
NEWARK, N. j., July 3-Newark is threat
ened with beef famine unless the traffic is
resumed from the Chicago stock yards
Wholesale beef handlers In Center market
to-day advanced all refrigerator meat s per
cent. Freight agents have ceased taking any
meat or perlshaole freight. Strikers agents
from the West who are working among the
railroad employees with view to enlisting
eastern men in the ranks of the strikers have
met with poor success. The Pennsylvania
freight handles have refused to listen to
them.
The strike was felt in the milk trade to-day
for the first time to any serious extent. The
receipts OF milk were decreased one-ffth. The
Northeastern road failed to move its big milk
ures on the part of the other roads were re-
p ed. with a conseque ice that there was a
shorta; Q Of 5000 cans in the daily supply.
To-day l. Q shortage was felt In the bush Is
houses and hotels. II TO .mor-ow's trains fail
to arrive. the trouble will extend to the resi-
dence districts and families and little children
will feel it.
BLooMrSGToS, ILL.,, July 3.-There are to-
night thirteen passenger trains OF the Alton
piled here here on the side-tracks with ne .riy
1000 passengers. This evening an effort was
made to send ON their way the two mail
trains just in from Chicago and st. Louis,
neither Of which carried Pullman's
Fully ten thousand peoDle were gathered
on the platform about the Union depot, on
the viaduct, ami on the embankments in the
vicinity. All the delayed mail was trans
ferred to these trains. The engineer and fire.
man was surrounded by union comrades and
finally persuaded to come down. They were
cheered Justify ana carried from the train on
the shoulders of numbers Oft the crowd. The
trains are all here yet.
on THE PACIFIC COAST.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 3.-Sacramento was
the scene of a violent demonstration on the
part of the railroad strikers this morning
The Southern Pacific Company attempted to
break the blockade and send the westbound
oNcliduu Tram " Sdh TTduclsco. IIcpdrh-
tions had been made for this attempt for
day or two past, but the effort resulted in
complete failure As soon as n start was
made a mob of 5000 strikers, who had been
removed from the immediate vicinity OF the
train previously, swept down upon the train
and dragged United States Marshal Baldwin
from the cao of the engine. The strikers
knocked him down, and the deputies and
police who tried to interfere were powerless.
Many of the mob shouted xiii the mar
shal," but the latter drew his revolver and sew
eral deputies who had forced theirway through
the crowd. did the same. The strikers were
obliged to fall back, and the marshal finally
escaped TO the railroad Office. The attempt
to move the train had to be abandoned for
the time being. The strikers cut the train in
two, then they commenced to side track the
ears and disable the engines in the yards.
Marshal Baldwin. realizing his utter help
lessness to cope with the rioters. sent dis
patch to Governor Markham at Pasadena ex-
planning the situation, and proceeded to
make up train for San Francisco. The
strikers began to threaten lopdly that the
train should not leave the yard.