Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-03
Half of SWitchmen Would Return
To Work but Are Deferred
BY Fear of Rest.
so SAYS sUPT. MORRISON.
Conditions I'm ST. Paul in Bad Shape
In Northwest They Begin TO
Show Improvement.

st. Paul. Dec 3-Supt. Morrison of
the Union Depot Terminals said today
that he Ind been approached by five
members of the Switchmen's union to-
day who said that there was much dis
satisfaction In the ranks OF the union
and that fully half of the men were
desrous of returning to work and were
deferred only BY fear of the rest OF the
strikers.
1t is said that many OF the strikers
have approached yardmasters with Of
fers TO go TO work any time they can
be guaranteed protection.
These statements are corroborated by
officials OF the 500 and Omaha rail-
roads
III all the members of the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen in the terri
tory affected by the strike return to
work today. and l don't think they will,
the total effect will hardly be notice
able" said President Il. T. Hawley
of the Switchmen's union of North
America today.
There are only $50 members of the
lls--lUen 3 DlOtnCTnoou III tue hoieh
west and all OF them will not go to
work Only 80 per cent of those at Du-
luth will work today" he continued.
THE trainmcn are stronger and better
organized at Duluth than at any other
point between here and the coast and
their action will have scarcely any
effect farther west,
CONDITION STILL BAD.
rc,odit;n,s OF tl,o local terminals were
still in bad shape this morning. While
there was some movement OF cars.
there was no volume of business icing
done and most passenger trafiic was
delayed. More StrikebreakerS were put
to work this morning and the railroad
officials stated that before the day was
over. enough new men would be work.
ing to improve conditions considerably.
Conditions at the large terminals are
worse than the smaller ones.
When Gov. A o. Eberhart arrives
today from Chicago, State Labor Com
missioner w. X. E. McEwen will reg
ommend that he take steps to Or
ganize an interstate board of media
tion TO be composed of the chief eXecu-
tives OF Minnesota. North Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington, for
| the purpose of bringing about a settle
ment of the strike.
With n cold wave lowering over Mon
tana and blizzard raging, ii is feared
much suffering will result because Of
the depletion of the coal supply until
traffic conditions are improved.
Supt. F. D. Kelsey announced that
full switching crews will be at work
at all points on the Dakota division
of the Great Northern today
1t is reported that the officials at
Grand Forks are accepting freight for
all points excepting for Duluth and the
Twin cities.
No freight is being accepted for
Crockton, but passenger trains are
moving with more or less regularity.
The yardmaster of the Great North
ern al Fargo began this morning to
use horses in moving freight cars for
the business men. Horses are also be-
Ing used for the movement of freight
cars at Brainerd. Mimi. as only one
switch engine is working.
Reports that the switchmen's strike
had been settled, are not true, accord
ing to Vice President Slade of the
Northern Pacific. He said:
"The strike has not been settled. That
report may have grown out of the re-
turn of the strikers at Duluth. We
have made no overtures to the strikers.
Many Of our old men have come back
at various points and then we have
employed a large number of new men
whom we are placing where their serv-
ices arc in greatest demand. So far
as the railroads are concerned, the
strike is practically broken"