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Show REMOVE GUARDS l i l Policemen and Deputy Sheriffs Taken From Stockyards District. CHICAGO, Aug. 9. Five hundred j policemen, 250 deputy sheriffs and the last of the state troops assigned to ! race riot duty were withdrawn from the stockyards today in the hop. that 'the striking employes of the packers might be Induced to return to work. About 1,000 patrolmen and 100 dep uty sheriffs still are on duty in the ' iciP'-;.- of the stockyards. Fresident .Martin Murphy of Mie stockyards labor council said the men would not return to work until every guard had been withdrawn and permission permis-sion is granted labor organizers to unionize tho 9,000 negroes employed at the plants. Cnion officials declare that of the i 43,550 employed in the stockyards. "6,-1 "6,-1 500 are out, while the packers insist ! that not more than 10,000 are on Btrlke. They reported that the large' plants still are in operation, but admit they are not running more than SO per tent of capacity. oo |