Show ALT AL t LAKE SWITCHMEN STRIKE t 1 tc t e c t t t t Wine teen Injured When Tin tic Train Is Der De Derailed Short Line Employ Walk Out Here During Daring Night Other Div Division Points Are lAre c R J throughout the intermountain inter inter- mountain states arc are completely demoralized as a a. result of the tho switchmen's switchmen's switch switch- mens men's strike which spread to Salt Lake Pocatello Sparks and other terminals and division points points- last night Two wo hundred Salt Lake Late 4 switchmen struck During the night nigh r report port followed d report of walkouts on on th the Or Oregon gon Short Line Union Pacific Pa Pa- Southern Pacific Salt Lake Route Western Pacific and Denver I Rio Grande lines Passenger trains trains were were wee ori p m most t of ot the roads last night fg t bu but pro pros pros- p p-Cc p for Cr moving moving- these trains trains' t today d' d dare da I are doubtful according according- to issued b by railroad ot officials at an early hour th this s mornin morning Pocatello l Yardmen Quit Switchmen at Pocatello quit work carl early last evening After a a. conference lasting almost five fhe hours the 00 switchmen st employed In the tho yards ards decided that the night ht freight switching crews would not work A passenger pass nger coach switching s crew crow how- how however however ever remained on duty duly at the yards and continued to make up passenger trains for or use uso this morning One Ono hundred and fifty switchmen atthe at atthe the tho Ogden den yards ards walked out at 7 o'clock last night Trains Keep Keen Mol Moving Mo tg Passenger trains handled by the Ogden Ogden Og Ot- Og- Og den Union Railway Depot company continued on their wa way through the yards and antl passenger er trains which necessitated ne no- remaking were handled by bytho bythe bytho tho the No freight trains were moving through the yards yard of ot the Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- In In the Salt Lake Lako yards ards Short Line last lost night tho the gon goit switchmen left lert their posts at 9 oclo o'clock k kand and ind proceeded to a meeting In the North Yards Tards When tho ho meeting adjourned at midnight it was announced that tho the union had allowed a a. coach crow crew to work vork for the night but that another meeting meeting- would be bo held this morning The switchmen who ho were to work after midnight were Instructed not to do doso so They followed instructions of ot the union le leaders ders Of Other bel Local railroad officials stated here bere early this morning that pas passenger r trains were being being- delivered to them from Evanston Wyo and arid Green RIy- RIy cr r. r r Wyo 0 but they were at loss to know just how long IonS this thil service would continue on t 1 a u e. e Several northbound freight ht trains Ogden and ire re on sidings between Railroad officials have decided de- de that these trains will not be bo moved mo into tho the larger freight yards Cor or fear that the they will congest the ards Reports from Ogden railroad oUI- oUI clam early this morning morning- indicated d that Continued on Page 2 SWITCHMEN IN SALT SUIT LAKE JOIN STRIKE Continued from Page Pase 1 the officials were optimistic of ot handling handling han han- passenger trains through Ogden toda today night All Session at Ogden Od n Tho The result of or tho the meeting o of the switchmen at the old Eagles Eagles' hall han in Ogden Ogdon will settle all do doubt eM regarding this depot officials sa say Tho The meeting meeting meet meet- ing InS which started immediately after atter tho men walked out last evening iv will according to advices ices received hero here early this morning last through the tho entire night ht Officials of ot tho the union and members member leaving the hall for tor a a. few moments when questioned regarding regarding- tho the action taken by the thc workers announced that no definite decision had been beon reached The Tho Southern Pacific system Oregon Oregon Oreon Ore Ore- gon on Short Line Union Pacific and Denver Rio Rl Grando Granda railroads arc affected d by tho the action taken by the switchmen at tho the Ogdon Ogden terminal PD Passengers Db nI Proceed Southern Pacific train Xo No 5 G was mado up at Ogden Osden last night Short Snort Line train No 31 out of ot Salt Lake L for the tho north last night had an extra car switched Into lato the tho train at OGden last night and Short Line Lino train No 33 northbound proceeded through the yards according to lato late advices Reports from all over the west went Indicate In- In that the switchmen members of or tho the Brotherhood of or Railway Trainmen quit work at midnight Switchmen on tho the Denver Rio Grande Grando railroad reported to have walked out at midnight Dispatches Indicate that the yards at t San Francisco co Los Angeles and Sparks Nov Ne are completely tied up I freight Clear r Railroad officials here say that thero there Is very little live stock on the tho local divisions and tho strike having having- hit tho California district before borore It spreads pre ds here bere according to tho the railroad officials officials oUI- oUI cills has has' caused a considerable amount of oi perishables from being tied up here Salt Lake Route officials early carly this morning announced that train No Xo 2 s scheduled lod to leave Los Angeles at 8 o'clock yesterday morning finally loft left tho yards ards at 4 o'clock yesterday aft aft- It will arrive o here over oyer el eight ht hours late lale Train No 4 of ot tho same I route roule was reported to be on time No Xo freight trains are aro being operated on tho the system 31 Mail oil Kept lpt Moving 1 Mall Mail trains will bo kept mo ln moving is tho statement of or officials of ot all of ot tho railroads late this morning The Thc strike has not touched the thc passenger service and wo we do not that it fl will wIn touch it Il IU Oregon Short Line officials official announced announced announced an an- yesterday that no freight will willbe willbe willbe be loaded in Utah for Chicago o or which is routed through Chicago The Tho embargo was made necessary by strike of ot tho switchmen in the thc Chica Chicago o district even e before tho the strike spread to the tho west Live stock and sugar are arc the tho principal pal shipments affected by b tho embargo according to tho railroad officials Ogden Switchmen Join Joni Walkout OGden Utah April 8 About S.-Aboul About switchmen employed b by tho the Ogden Union Union Un Un- ion Railroad Depot company compan which operates all tho the terminal facilities of or orthe the Southern Sou thorn Pacific Union Pacific aD and amt Oregon Short Lino Line railroads went out hero at 7 o'clock ck tonight The Tho members members members mem mem- bers went into session to frame their thell demands which will be presented to the tho officials tomorrow Thousands Stranded j jIn In San Francisco therald t I herald S Special Ogden Oa April S. S Sixty S.-Sixty Sixty thousand easterners easterners east east- erners aro are stranded in San Francisco because of ot inadequate transportation facilities and trains from that city and from Los Angeles Angeles' are aro carrying overflow overflow over over- flow now sections and additional cars ac according ac- ac cording to information given out at tho local railroad offices toda today It was stated that an extra section of or Southern Pacific train No o. 2 which has been carrying an average crago of ot fifteen fifteen teen cars per por day for tho the past few days dars has been reserved b by eastern tourists until after May 15 On Monday 50 cars passed v through tile the Ogden yards It was stated the majority majority ma ma- of or the thc cars being headed cast With an an aera average 6 of ot thirty persons to toa toa a a. car it wis was estimated ed that passengers pas pas- passed through h hero here on that date Local railroad men report traffic conditions unprecedented havin having never never never nev nev- er been equaled In past years cars Pocatello Crews Crew Desert Engines Pocatello Ida Id April S. S S. Switchmen In tho the division terminal yards of or tho the Oregon Ore on Short Lino I walked out at 5 j o'clock this afternoon Officials from rom the thc division dl offices aro bus busy putting the cn engines In tho the roundhouse time the m men n deserting their engines In tho the yards ards More than a hundred men are aro ar involved in tho the local strike Officials will en en- en deavor to 10 move o tho the west-bound west passenger passenger pas pas- now in the yards ards but no predictions predictions predictions pre pre- dictions arc aro mado made about the eastbound eastbound east east- bound trains arriving this evening No attempt will be mado made to mako make up n I any freights or to o mo through out o of the thc 1 Pocatello yards ards It was thought up to noon toda today that men In Pocatello yards were noncom noncom- Opinion of or the railroad men here is that thc they will not stay out long |