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

| A prolongation Of the railway strik,
in the West means fresh meat famine
for New York and the cluster Of bis
towns about the metropolis.
The effect has already been felt in 9
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 customer.
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 very material
addition had been made 10 the cost o.
their daily supplies. While this has oper-
of meat by private individuals and
boarding house keepers, the hotels, big
restaurants and transatlantic liners have
been forced to accept large figures, as
. they cannot go without.
At Washington, Market this morning
buyers found themselves confronted
with new prices at these rates:
Beef, loins, IA cents: round, 0 cents
and chuck 5 cents. an advance OF from
II to cents pound.
Mutton, shoulder, 8 cents: leg. II II
cents. and headquarters of Spring lamb,
"A IL cents. an advance at the SAME
rate a 8 on beef
much further advance will be pro.
hibitory upon poor folks, and will doubt
tariff on chops. roasts and steaks,
Everything depends upon the duration
Of the strike. and as to that the air ID
filed with varying rumors-some to thu
! General orders have been issued her,
| to-day to agents OF the Pennsylvania
ce!ve no consignments of perisha bic
| freights. including live stock, fruits and
even periodicals. except at the shippers
risk
1t Is quite probable that similar orders
have been issued at the western ends OF
these roads and eonnections this morn:
Pittsburg and Buffalo are being, tied up.
In the event of successful blockades
| by the strikers beyond these points. the
supply Of meat at this point is going ,o
sumed in. New York Is received by a
Armour ( Co. Swift & Co. Morris &
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A heavy percentage of the supply
comes on foot to the slaughtering es-
tsbishmentts along the East River 0d in
Live stock was formerly transferred
from the big abattoir in Jersey City.
which was wiped out by fire a few days
ago. Latterly the invoices of cattle and
sheen have been handled in a makeshft
ia shion on the meadows. back OF Jersey
cry, each consignment being cut out
and sent from that point by floats to its
MIR. Sherman, who has charge OF al
this business for the several railways
centring at that point. could not be
transacting business with his Office in
his hat, figuratively speaking, since the
fire. Exact figures were thus unob-
tainable, but that the receipts Of live
The poultry and fish dealers in the
markets are proportionately jubilant. as
in the local consumption of sea food.
One jovial poultryman in Wash
IN N "a: .narHst rsmarked to an EVEN
1.-THE only proper source OF meat food
is the barn yard. Everybody likes poul-
try in some form Some like chicken
for breakfast: others like turkey for
and we Will be getting 30 cents a dozen
for 'em II this keeps up"
The fruit trade is also to be hard hit
IT deals in the most perishable 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
pineapples, bananas and other tropical
fruits received here by vessels from
southern ports and the West Indies.
clare that a continuance Of the strike
will entail the loss OF thousands OF
dollars worth of fruit from the PACING
coast, while shiploads of tropical produce
will rot at the wharves here.
+. f. Keith, manager OF the Astor
House. speaking for the hotels and first
class restaurants. said this morning:
more ;h 'nlns two w W RsGe before Il viii
effect our charges in the bill OF fare.
We ordinarily buy meat from twelve to
fourteen days old. and our suppliers
have their stock for that time already
on hand
we expect an end to the strike in a
week. but If II should continue longer
eTe thar sG S p @oG 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 a 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
States mails
Stephen Farrelly, the manager OF the
American News Company. said:
I'VE ordinarily classify our freight
matter as 'pcrisha BILE" and pay those
rates. but under the present circum-
stances regard II as dangerous to trust
to the railways, so We have decided TO
employ the mails until the diflculty Is
settled. This does not affect the daily
newspapers. for they have always been
despatched by mail FOR distant points"