The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
MEAT FAMINE HERE.
Last Train of Live Stock Arrives
from the West To- Day.
All Roads Are Now Completely
Tied Up There.
Rates Advanced $1.2J Hundred
by Local Wholesalers.

The last consignment Of liv. stock
that will reach New York un'il the
Pullman strikers break the blockade,
came In this morning.
A train of forty cars containing 40
cattle. which lect Chicago Friday was
rushed 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 tho instant that this train
stopped in the Yards, II. IL. Sherman.
the manager took from Il mess nSer's
hands ana showed TO an Evening
World" reporter this telegram;
CHICAGO July J.
d. X Sherman, jersey 'itv.-SOthins cut to.
SIMON o,poNNELI..
There IL not IA horn nor hoof OF live
meat ON its way here from thr great
western markets, and MIR. Sherman
says:
''If this keeps w a few days longer.
there won't be enough beef In New York
10 grease your boots with
When the small receipt of this morn
ing came In there were only forty or
nifty head on hand IN the yards. The
S.25 n hundred, and the significance OF
present conditions Is that it shortly
cannot be had at any price.
Here are a couple of the warlike bulle-
tins Mr.. Sherman had to show this
CHICAGO, July 81
ID. H. sherman. New York.
got hghiiug The Governor has allied out Second
Regiment II lgoks bad ion,t see any prospects s,s
an SIMON OpONNELL.
u sherman New York
Can't set sPy,hInS ou' on vanderbilt lines,
Thsrs Is comple'e blockade here Manyon uhr
lad nH here The burlington rosd ~ the oui"
! one bringing in stock The strikers arr uehtns
| and stop them. slMON U'DUNNELL.
As Simon ODonnell used to b" II DO
lice captain on the turbulent west side
OF Chicago, where most of the railroad
yards are, he probably knows what H.
.Thja means A very serious condition
Tor The n,es, srgpSy Of Ms% s YORK; sro;o SAL sa.4
and a good deal OF mutton from teh i'm
mediate neishhorhood, IN. South ar1
Ohio, the great bulk OF beef comes from
| the West Tho territory OF supply may
he bounded on the east b! - me I'm
north ard south through Central M
noIs, From the region west of this the
cattle chiefly come, and are dropped of
at points all the way from Indianapolis
What cattle they raise in thu inter-
| mciiate regions they need for the con
Sumption al their own big tow rs, such
as Cincinnati, Cleveland. Pii;sblrs ana
the like.
"They may struggle to gather ny ia
| COWS, but even n that they VIII not Ice
obtainahle mere, az they VII d" con,
sumel IN the immediate ueiGhOorhood
| where they arc raised.
J dressed beef has also been pushed mp
/ tw5 cents IA polnd, but. VIII not he, pur-
| chasable at any price II this thing keeps
| ny. You can SEQ by my kilograms that
| everything /" tied up In Chicago. ana
| adequate fresh meat n the blockade
! continues
/ 4 steady advance in tn" puic" Of beef
| Was felt In the local market" this mora
! ing Dealers had 10 pay ~ and Is cents
/ A pound for prime beef. while CHrCuSseS
| brought from ~ To II cents, In cuuse-
| uuencc, rib roasts sold as high as -
| cents a pound, and porterhousc steaks
| brought 80 cents.