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Show LIES DECLARE I THEY SOON GUN f I MOVE FREIGHT i I 'H j Newly Employed Switchmen tl Are Not Considered Strike- breakers by Brotherhood , j . i jH I VERY FEW MEN GO - ; H ' BACK TO OLD JOBS A H New York Struggles to Free V j iH Itself From Epidemic of Strikes LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 12:,, IH Striking switchmen fro(m the yards of. .: ' the Srfnta. Fe, Southern Pacific and , 1 ; M Salt Lake systems, were out here today, but the Santa Fe was prepar- I Ing to move freight, and announced ! Il that it would accept shipments for f IH points east and north as far as .Bakr ersfield. The Santa Fe anhouncell that three stuikqrs had returned, to- -'j M work... At thcVttJivLake offices, .'it ' -. was said one mun-hal come baclcT So , 1oiafeSuld ' be 'learned; thtfsf "were" nodnly deflections from the ranks of--.. ; the strikers, and whatever work was hyirig dono by the three systems was J handled by newly employed men.' J All the roads announced that they : H were employing men and would be -able to move all shipments within a jf very few days. ' jf The enginenicn and trainmen of ll tho various lines were working with v J ll hewly employed men. and brother- jH hood officials said they -would not' lH consider the newcomers as strike- '"'l breakers, because, they said, there . j jH was no authorised strike. All passen- j H I gor traffic was moving last night and i I to'ay. although some trains were dc- H j layed in making up and started be- H I hind schedule. Pertshablo freight H and livestock on hand when tho strike i H occurred had been all cleared away I H I by the remaining crews, supplomcni- H ed. in some causes by motor trucks. H and the yard congestion was reported jH as growing slightly less. '1 y All the roads wero advertising for IH switchmen here toduy. They said H strike conditions prevailed, but that H tho strikes wore "unauthorized." " , ' H Guards were on duty at the various . jH yards, but no trouble had developed H at any. oi mem. i no siriucrs wore ih reported to be holding further mceP jH ings, today. Xo announcement of. their H probable course was made Ibis morii- IH New York TTard Hit. " JSf j NEW YORK. April 12. Xcw York with its bad: against tho wall slrug- "T H gled desperately today : to. frco tisclf . I H from the tentacles 'of octopus-liko IH epidemic of unauthorized railwav IH Out of the maixc of conflicting ro - I H p0ris of new strikes called and oth-. H ors threatened railroad officials pro- IH fesscd to sec a ray of hope bccau33 jH some passenger service had been jH maintained and food and milk traifTs,- I H managed to creep inio the city. . Z - H It was admitted by the. railroad ot- IH ficcrs, however, that the situation still. IH Thousands of pc'rsons were unab'lk IH to reach their places of business ho.ro IH until hours after the usual time while. H other thousands gave' up the attomrtt j jH and returned homo. l jJ The Chicago Express on the Brie H railroad which was abandoned yestej;,1 H day at Port Jarvls, N. Y., while mem- H bcrs of tho crew attended a meeting IH of the new union, arrived in Jersey IH City this morning more than ten hours H lato. The train carried mail, and it H was predicted that fcdoral authorities H might take cognizance of the delay. IH Break in Strike. H CHICAGO, April 12. The first . break in the switchmen's strike in the ,t IH Chicago district was recorded this H morning whent the Chicago, Burling- H Ion and Quincy lifted all embargo or- IH ders after announcing that sufficient H men had returned to work to keep all jH traffic moving. IH Conditions on other railroads were. IH improved today, railroad and brother- H hodd officials said. IH The Illinois Central during the past H 24 hours handled 75 per cent of tlie H normal movement. no H |