Show I STRIKE AFFECTS TRAFFIC Rio Grande Railroad Crews Laid Oft in Carbon County As a result of the coal strike In the coal fields of Carbon county which has greatly affected the railroad traffic the Rio Grande Western has found It necessary neces-sary to lay off a number of train crews on the lino traversing the locality At Scofield not more than half of the men employed before the strike are now workIng work-Ing The enormous shrinkage in tho freight business from the coal districts was the cause for laying off the men At Castle Gate the station has been closed and only a blind siding Is left at that place The office hirer been locked up and the services of the agent and operator dispensed with In order to catch a train It It necessary to flag It otherwise they go straight through without oven slacken inS their speed |