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Show Eighteen Switchmen Back 1 : ?vWork; More May Go On Tonight With tho return -of cightoon switchmen switch-men to tho Ogdep yards this morning, the switchmen's strike promises to bo a thing of tho past beforo the end of tho week, it was announced by railroad rail-road officials today. Six switch crews had reported for work up to noon with prospects of a greater number of crews for tho 3 o'clock shift, it was said. "Wc;had Httlo volco in the matter of the walkout," some of tho switchmen switch-men who returned today stated. "The trouble was brought about by two of ihe youngest switchmen in the yards, one who had. been working for eight days and die oiher who had been on tho job for only three days." The switchmen who returned to work said thoy had had no opportunity vote, for or against the strike prior to its being called. . Reports circulated about town that new men had been hired to take the placed of striking switchmen woro branded as false. It was rumored about the city that tho switchmen who had returned to work had again struck because thoy objected to working with inexperienced inexperi-enced help who were trying, to get the jobs of striking switchmen. This report re-port was erroneous, according to switchmen now on the job. Eight engines wore in operation In j tho freight yards this morning nnd preparations wero under way to have two moro ready in case they wore needed. With tho present embargo on freight, no congestion of cars in the local yards Is anticipated. While no1 freight, livestock, or othor goods is being accepted for chipment, all loaded load-ed cars will be made Into trains and sent out of tho local yards as soon as possible. A train ldad of stock en .route to San Francisco, which has bc!eri delayed n Ogden because of tho strike, was sent out this morning. A shipment o stock was also made yes-, torday over the Hniori Pacific and the yards have heen cleared of all perishable perish-able good. No disturbance or demonstration demon-stration of any kind occurred when switchmen returned to work this morning. A number of policemen andi officers from tho sheriff's department were on hand at the depot during the greater part of the day, but nothing that could be interproted as au effort to start trouble occurred. j Armed officers woro stationed at various points in the railroad yards' I and were prepared to quell any attempts at-tempts ut physical violence. It is alleged that a number of I. W. IW.'d from Pocntello, Salt Lake and t wnstnrn nnlnlti Imvn Jirrivhd in OrrliMi , to attempt to turn tho men off their jobs again. Sheriff H. C. Peterson, who was at the Union Depot this morning,, said that while no violence was expected that tho sheriffs department and the polico department wero adequately oqulppod to slop any disturbance. Word from the Southern Pacific of fices indicates that no chancu in conditions con-ditions on the Salt Lake division have been reported this morning. STILL OUT IN S. L. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. April 1G. Despito notlqcs. posted anu published pub-lished yesterday by the Oregon Short Lino railroad, that If its striking Salt ; Lako employes, who number upwards to 500, did not go back to work this morning they would automatically bc discharged, no men arc reported to have returned. |