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Show BIG STDGKYARQS STlEISEiEQ Men to Return to Work on Monday; Denver Trouble Adjusted, Too. CHICAGO. Aug. 0. Striking stockyards stock-yards workers .today decided to return to work Monday. "Withdrawal of the militia from the yards yesterday and of the deputy sheriffs today was satisfactory satisfac-tory to the men. The decision, it adhered to, will remove re-move a serious situation that had promised prom-ised to become a general strike, with resultant reduction of meat products for a large part of the nation, with a possible pos-sible increase iu prices. In some quarters it had been believed the union leaders would demand a closed hop. with discharge of WOO negroes not members of the unions. About oOOO negroes are said to be members of the unions. The stockyard? were placed under yuard of militia and police during the ra e riots last week, when numerous " race clashes occurred in the neighborhood. neighbor-hood. The return of negroes to work two days ago was followed by a strike of union workers. The union leaders, however, how-ever, said the presence of armed guards was the cause of the strike. The militia was withdrawn yesterdav. Chief of Police Garrity declared the yf0 policemen would remain on duty in the vicinity of the stockyards to prevent any recurrence of racial trouble. The larger packing companies had been crippled by the walkout, but had said they 'were operating today on a 50 per cent basis. While many of the smal'er companies were serious! v affected, af-fected, t he "big five" reported not many more than 10,000 of their men were out. Union officials had claimed 30.500 men had walked out. fiKNTER. Aug. 9. The strike of employees em-ployees at packing plants here ended today, to-day, when representatives of six unions voted to return to work Monday, pending pend-ing settlement of their grievances bv .Tti d go Samuel Alsehuler of Chicago, federal fed-eral mediator, during a meeting to begin in Chicago Tuesday. A threatened strike of engineers at the packing niants. wh ieh would have thrown 0rto butcher? out of work, was i also. ended bv the decision. Action followed receipt by union officials of-ficials here of a letter from Judge A'.schuler, inviting the men to submit their grievances to federal mediation. Announcement was made here by A. C. .t 's' :;ring. business agent of the Tnter-iiat Tnter-iiat ior.al Assoc in t ion of Machinists, : ; local 47. that no Denver men would at- ! ici:d the meeting in Chicago Tuesday. j |