New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-14
PRICES UP IN BROOKLYN.
Beef 'Luggers" St1ke-Independ-
ents' Supplies Cat off.

! The large companies connected with the Beef
! Trust have branch houses in Brooklyn They
! used distributing points and are at
Wailab bout Market. Fort Greene and in North
Sixth-st., between Wythe-ave. and Berry-st.
About one hundred men, VINO are employed as
carriers or ''Iuggers,'' in removing the beer
from <he cars to the houses and loading them
on the wagons when sold, quit work yesterday
morning. When retailers appeared with their
wagons for their daily supply they were obliged
to handle the beef themselves.
The strikers said they had received the word
to quit at o'clock yesterday morning They
went to work at 4 o'clock and two hours later
went out, after informing their employers that
the strike was purely sympathetic.
The local slaughter houses in Brooklyn were
not affected so far as their employees were con-
cerned but as they receive all their cattle from
the West they expect in day or two TO be
obliged to cut down the supply to dealers and
raise prices There was some anxiety over the
situation among the poor in the Jewish quar-
ters as the orthodox Jew cannot eat beef killed
more than three days previous.
MI Tierney manager of the Armour Com
pany's house in North Si1th-st. said yesterday
that by reason of the fact that very few cars are
received in Brooklyn each day the present force
of men would be able to meet all requirements.
He said the price of beef had been raised only
stock such as young Texan cattle He was Of
the opinion that the retail dealers of Brooklyn
had entered into an agreement to make the price
of meat jump three cents a pound all over the
borough
Butchers in Wallabout Market yesterday were
selling beef only to their best customers, and
only in small quantities. At this time of the
year they find IT Improbable to carry large
stocks on account of the difficulty in keeping
tod
at II cents a pound. The highest quotation on
Monday was 9ls cents.
Orders were received at 6 o'clock yesterday
morning by the men employed at the Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware and Lackawa ma docks in
Wallabout Basin to unload more beef to in
dependent dealers. 1t was asserted by the mar
ket butchers that they have stock on hand suf-
fcient for only three to five days and that If
the strike lasts much longer than that they will
bs obliged practically to go out OF business. so
far as their beef trade is concerned. About one
million pounds OF beef, it is estimated. are re-
oeived by wholesale dealers weekly in Brooklyn.
There were advances in the prices Of other
meats. such as mutton, lamb and pork in SYM
pathy with the rise in beef rates. 4 WaIIabout
dealer said that even if the strike lasted only
a few days it would cause such shortage that
beef rates would remain abnormally high all
summer.
Many retail dealers in Brooklyn yesterday put
up prices. Sirloin steaks. which sold at from
IS TO 90 cents a pound before the strike,
yesterday sold at from 20 70 "a
cents a pound. There was also rise
in the prices of round and chuck steaks.
Further advances are predicted by to-day. Gus
toners. in some instances. We're so indignant on
hearing OF the rise in prices. and butchers be-
came so weary Of explaining the cause, that the
latter pasted newspaper clippings regarding the
strike in their shop windows.