Show RUINING THE FRUIT GROWERS I 1 tho the strike Creat imir uneasiness in california business circle san ean francisco june 30 it la Is the iffert effert of the upon the nih fruit rals ing ine industry of 0 northern california that Is causing the greatest uneasiness I 1 in business circles here while the american railway union a anil nd the southern company are enelina in their desperate sperate di struggle tor for on supremacy pre macy thousands of fruit growers and scores 0 commIs commission slon men and canners stand s anil helplessly by and hops hopa for or a speedy settlement of 0 the trouble every hour that the struggle Is pro longed loheed places the perishable product of 0 a vast section of country in tester jeopardy it if the strike shall mall be prolonged many days trull fruit products 0 to o the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars will rot rat in the hands of growers and commission men under a lot hot sun cun practice peaches apricots cherries berries and many other varieties are ripening rapidly the crop must be moved at once or become a total I 1 loss three days of blockade has alre already oss dy caused heavy beavy lose much fruit has haa become too ripe for or shipment and must bo be thrown away even the ean canneries nerlee cannot be reached by many growers fr it Is estimated that carloads 0 of fruit ars ar perishing between california point and the Misso missouri url river but this loss los will be very small email as OOM with the loss los in the orchards the san francisco frum fruit market was glutted today to day and there was a general tumble in prices all the steamers from sacramento river points and around the bay came in loaded every krower who could reach tide water rushed Ms his fruit to tho the city tearful fearful lot lest it should be his last and only market much of the fruit 11 has been under hot sun on river beds and had become very soft bott the city marl tet too Is limited most moot of the big biff canneries era ara at in aln perlor points dependent alt oyther upon the railroads |