New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
SCARCITY OF FRUIT AND FRESH MEAT
THIRTEEN HOGS The ONLY ARRIVALS FOR THE


DAY IN CHICAGO-HEAVY LOSSES
TO SOUTHERN SHIPPERS.
Chicago. July s-1f the railroad boycott Is not
soon removed the citizens OF Chicago Will be sur
fering the necessities of life Already the price
Of ice has Jumped TO about four times what IL was
before the beginning of the strike. Al the STOCK
yards the situation IL still more alarming. Inc
usual daily arrivals from 5000 TO 1900 cattle
5000 to 10000 sheep and 10000 TO 10000 hogs. This
morning there sheep nor cattle. Thirteen
hogs arrived. which brought in by wagon
The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy road fu'nled
It's promise and delivered 468 cars Of live stock IN
time for Yesterdays market, but not another car
load OF freight was delivered by any of the TWEEN
ty-one lines which connect with the switching
tracks Of the yards
Grand Rapids Mich. July 3-The strike Is be-
ginning 20 be seriously felt In this city The stock
OF Chicago dressed beef and meats Will run out
by tomorrow. Wholesale dealers have only one
days stock Of Southern fruits hand. and no
Chicago freight has pulled IN since Friday JOB JOB.
consignment OF lemons arrived here YESTERDAY one
hundred crates were at once billed 10 'hlcago AT
an advance Of Sc a crate.
Nashville July 3-The Nashville. Chattanooga
and St Louis has twenty-six carloads OF watermel-
ons consigned for Northern points on It's hands.
and IL compelled 20 sell them. The Louisville and
Nashville refuse 70 receive them on account OF the
strike. The depot at Atlanta Is hHed with water
melons which the roads refuse to receive. Through
trains from this point Chicago have been dis
cortinued. it being Impossible to get through Ev-
ausVille.
Humboldt Tenn. July 3.-The Louisville and
Nashville and Mobile and Ohio depot platforms
and yards are crowded with tomatoes. apples and
other fruits. Great Indignation prevails among the
fruit growers against the action the roads have
taken.
Boston July 3-The disastrous effects of the strike
IN Chicago are seriously felt by the large con-
s,mers of meat I'm this city. Prices are advancing
rapidly and the upward movement will continue. It
is conceded unless tho backbone OF the strike Is
broken and the movement of trains eastward IS
uninterrupted. There another big jump in
prices this morning. beef advancing s. 4 hundred
and fresh pork the over yesterdays prices
lency. and have gone ny 81 hundred since yes
terlay morning The last shipment or meat from
chicago was made last Friday morning. and the
supply on hand. with what Is on the way, VIII not
last longer than Sunday
Manchester. y. H., July Beef has advanced 81
Il hundred here
Brockton Mass. July 3-There has been an ad-
vance 80 per In the price Of beef here on ac-
count OF the strike In the West The retail ad-
vance has been from 10 cents pound
Kingston. July Sowing TO the railroad boycott
IN the West. every pound Of Chicago dressed beef
In the large coolers Of Nelson Morris. Armour and
Swift In this city. has been sold. and the people
OF this region will have to depend for meat On that
raised In Ulster and adjoining counties. The local
Wholesale prices have advanced from g ~ 10 81
hundred. and dealers already beginning 10
butcher domestic cattle. but the supply cannot be-
the meat used in the Catskills s shipped from this