The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-17
Strike Of Freight Handlers at Chicago
Leaves the City Without Its
Usual Supply OF Food.
NOTHING FOR CHICAGO ACCEPTED
Railways and Steamer Line VIII Not Guar
antee Delivery and Few Packages
are Being Received.

the past four days only very few par
GELS of any kind we're received in thi
city from the south, especially from
any house in Chicago. The grocer
firms are the heaviest sufferers, thei
stands having become bare because o.
/ the failure to receive fruits from the
Commission houses. The general sup
plies of the local firms are also becom
ing light, and unless consignments Of
teas and sugars are received in few
days the citizens of Kenosha may have
to get along without the former neces-
stiles of the table.
It is acknowledged that there is not
a single merchant or manufactures in
! the city who is not affected by the Chi
cago strike. The local agent for the
Northwestern road as we'll as the Barry
line steamers refuse to accept any
goods for Chicago or neighboring
cities.
A visit by News reporter this
morning to the freight depot found
business at practically stand-still.
But few hands are kept at work at
the Station, and the other men are
1ounging about waiting for Some
change in the state of affairs.
Only a few wagons can be seen
about the streets, and the only goods
they have to deliver have been
received from the north or through the
express company.
The local Office of the express COM
pany, however, is doing land office
business, or at least they are handling
great deal more goods at present
than it ever did before, during this
time of the year.
For the past two days the Northwest
ern road in this city has received only
a few parcels from Chicago. The
Barry line boat which arrives IN port
regularly from Chicago had only a
few parcels on board from the south.
Gardeners of the surrounding coun-
try who were in the city offered
their goods today at greatly reduced
prices. The supply OF vegetables on
hand is spelling and it cannot be sold
here. At this time of the year very
large shipments of vegetables were
made to Chicago and most of the gar
deners sold their entire product to
Chicago dealers.
One of the local wholesale fruit
dealers this morning stated that he
hoped to be able to'secure large con-
signment of southern fruit today
which he had formerly ordered frona a
Chicago firm. He expects to have
car load Of fruit shipped in here today.
It will be transferred and come by way
of Belvidere. The California fruits
which were previously received from
Chicago commission houses have al
most entirely disappeared from the
local stands.
A host of agents representing north
ern city wholesale houses came to the
city today and secured large orders for
goods to be shipped at once. It is
plainly evident that the Chicago firms
will not lose any money on goods to, be
shipped at the present time but they
will lose the trade which is now being
gobbled up, here by northern and east
ern city concerns.
Most of the agents who were in the
city today represented Milwamaee
Who'll esale houses. They were all of.
them hustlers and in many instances
several selling the same line of goods,
would call on a merchant at the same
time. Those who left the city this
afternoon had broad smiles due to, the
success they had met with.
The increased cost Of Shipping goods
in and out of the city 0y express will
be too heavy, but many of the, mer-
chants will receive goods even at a
a loss to the shippers for the only pur-
pose of holding the trade.