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Show Will Take Places of Strikers; Members of the B. of R. T. Eighteen switchmen,1 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Train-men, passed through Ogden yesterday yester-day en route for San Francisco. They were headed for the west coast to roliovc congested traffic conditions. It I was stated, and had been sent from Various parts of the east and mlddlo west where conditions are not so severe. se-vere. The men said they wero tho first of a number that will go to the west coast. Reports Indicate that hundreds of carloads of freight are now on sidings of railroads between Ogden and California Cali-fornia and that in somo Instances I dlfficutly in switching is encountered ! because of side tracks being completely complete-ly loaded with untransportod freight. Reports from local railroad offices indicate that the Ogden yards are being well cleared and that thus far, no congested condition has occurred "lie re. With tho advent of a numbor of switchmen on tho west coast, It Is expected ex-pected that transportation facilities will be increased in efficiency and that the starting of trains over the road will result .In alleviating to a certain degree the existing shortage of freight cars. |