The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-02
FRESH MEAT FAMINE,
That's What the Pullman Car
Strike Means for New York.
No Perishab'e Freight Received BY
the Western Railroads.
And Local Marketmen Are Alreadv
Putting Up Prices. 49,.

A prolonga ton of the railway strike
in the West means a fresh meat famine
for New York and the cluster Of big
towns about the metropolis.
The effect has already been felt In a
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 SUI.
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 oNr customers
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 a very material
addition had been made to the cost Of
their daily supplies. While this has oper-
ated as a deterrent to the consumption
Restaurants and transatlantic liners have 20
been forced to accept large hgures' assd
Al washington Market this morning.,
buyers found themselves confrontedIy
seef ioi Rree !. ee ias:e round
and chuck cents. an advance OF from or
IL to cents pound.
cents, and hindquarters Of Spring lamb,o-
laios cents an advance at the samsds
x much further advance will be pro i'd
hibitory upon poor folks. and will doubtts
less increase the hotel and restaurant,
| tariff on chops: roasts and steaks:
Everything depends upon the duration
Of the strike, and as to that the air liz
filled with varying rumors-some to thu,
effect that its back is broken and othersW.
General orders have been issued here ~
to-day to agents Of the Pennsylvania.
roads with Western connections to re- d.
ceive no. consignments Of perishsble q
freights, including live stock, fruits and :.
even periodicals. except at the shippers .
1t Is quite probable that similar orders
have been issued at the western ,l ends of
Pittsburs and Buffalo are being tied up.
by the strikers beyond these points. the
supply Of meat at this point is going to
be seriously AFFECTED s :. The .,, meat con.
Armour Z Co, Swift 4 Co.. Morris z
come: on foot 70 re sushtss,ns e.
aoaE 81 the s Ess ysr
Live stock was formerly transferred
from the big abattoir IN Jersey City:
ago. Latterly the invoices Of cattle and
! sheep have been handled in q makeshift
each on the Sehx Of
and sent from that point BY noats to its
consignee on the East River
this business for the several railways
centring at that point, could not be
found this morning as he has been
his hat; figuratively speaking, since the
put set that bs ehs q x:
The poultry and fish dealers in the
markets are Proportionat,sly 55biiant az
in the local consumption Of sea food.
chicken and eggs.
n ens Hx?f PeHTEafRt to an
! ing World reporter:
THE only proper source Of meat food
try in some form. Some like chicken
for breakfast: others like turkey for
bit be for 80 s CENT. me dessa
for 'em II this keeps up"
The fruit trade is also to be hard hit:
freight. Ventilated and refrigerator cars
are used and a faster time schedule put
on for Its transportation than any other
manner ma ne Of freight ws exchanged between
New York gets endless carloads Of
aprsGtss ptsars n HseTri ss, and
almost as great volume OF oranges;
fruits received here by wye vessels shs,. from
Fruit dealers are dismayed and de-
clare that, a continuance Of the strike
do.r sns Worth the Of frst from tss Psea
coast, while shiploads of tropical produce
will rot at the wharves here.
House. speaking for the hotels and hrst-
class restaurants, said this morning;
"Thi. thing will have to continue fer
affect our charges In the bill Of fare.
We ordinarily buy meat from twelve to
fourteen days old and our ,,,s supplies aEIpsaa.
we expect an end to the strike in .
prices to us would have to ADVANCE
more thar 80 per cent. before we would
make any change to our patrons. There
with whom we deal would submit to an
equal increase of cost to them before
asking us to meet the Advance We
longer than a week"
The American News Company this
morning suspended the use of freight9
to points beyond Pittsburg. and until
the strike Is over will use the United
Stephen Farrelly, the manager Of the
American News Company. said:
1--WE ordinarily classify our freight
matter as 'perishable." and pay those
rates. but under the present circum-
stances regard 1t as dangerous to trust
to the railways, so we have decided to
employ the mails until the difhculty 10
settled This does not affect the daily
newspapers. for they have always been
despatched by mail for distant points"