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Show PATRIOTIC APPEAL HAS GOOD EFFECT Strike of 5000 Teamsters and Track Chauffeurs in Chicago Temporarily Tem-porarily Halted. CHICAGO, May 14. The strike of 5000 teamsters and truck chauffeurs called here today was temporarily called off tonight after a conference of union officials summoned by Hinton G. Cla-baugh, Cla-baugh, superintendent of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice. jus-tice. The federal official put the case up to the patriotism of the union officials, who agreed to an armistice pending another an-other conference tomorrow morning, when a settlement may be effected. Mr. Clabaugh 's nction was taken because be-cause of tho havoc threatened by the strike with freight shipments, including includ-ing war materials. He eallea in employees em-ployees as well as union officials, and the patriotic basis brought both sides to an agreement to take steps to reach a settlement, it was said by M. J. Gal-vin, Gal-vin, secretary of the Truck Drivers' union. |