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Show Shopmen May Strike ! Says Crosby; General Situation Unchanged Immediate settlement of wago differences differ-ences or a walkout within 24 hours Is the prediction made today by George I Crosby, president of the Trades &. Labor La-bor assembly, regarding tho probabilities probabili-ties of a shopmen's strike in Ogden. Mr. Crosby stated that the consensus consen-sus of opinlpn of shopmen employed in local yards was that they wanted a settlement at once. When questioned as to whether or not shopmen would walk out this afternoon af-ternoon as was rumored about the city today, he stated, "We have received no definite information as to a walkout walk-out and nothing regarding a definite time has been brought UP." He intimated that a strike was probable. prob-able. H. L. Bell, superintendent of the Ogden Union Railway and Depot company, com-pany, said the situation remained tho same in the switchmen's strike. Word from the Paclric Fruit Express Ex-press offices indicates that a trainload of fruit is expected in Ogden today from Salt Lake. Twenty cars of oranges, six cars of meat, and a number of-cars of other perishable goods are on the Ico track in the local yards, it is stated. Gaugs of men from the freight houses wore hauling onions, potatoes, butter and othor perishable goods from cars near Twenty-eighth strcot to the freight house at Twenty-fourth streot. Mail trucks were used to convey the goods. Employes of the Ogden Commission company, with crowbars as levers, moved a car of bananas frpm Twenty- eighth street to a .point near Twen'y-sixth Twen'y-sixth street, where handling of the fruit was easier. The bananas are over ripe, it was said. Rumors that the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks would walk ,out today wero widely circulated. A. W. Haight, president of local G41, B. of R. C, stated that no such action had been contemplated. Ho said a meeting would be held tomorrow evening eve-ning Mr. Haight said that the clerks were desirous of getting concerted action ac-tion on tho matter of wago adjustments. adjust-ments. Reports from the Southern Pacific offices this morning are that 60 per cent of yardmen working at, Sparks, Montollo and Carlin have returned to work. The majority of yards of the Southern Pacific road in California havo had the men return, full quotas being reported at Porta Costa, Beno-cia, Beno-cia, Suism, Sacramento, Rosoville, Truckee, Gerber, Dunsmulr, Ashland, Albany, San Jose and Bakersfleld. If a strlko is decided upon by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, it will mean a tying up of tho baggago rooms, depot offices, freight houso, yard offices of-fices and jn all probability will completely com-pletely suspend operations of railroads Hi Ogden, it Is declared. 1 Advices from Salt Lake Indicato that craftsmen in that city take the same attitude as the local shopmen that Unless action is taken in regard to wago increases which the men allege al-lege havo hung flro too long, a general gen-eral walkout of craftsmen is anticipated. |