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Show oo BREAK IN STRIKE CHICAGO, Aug S A break came today in the strike of railway shopmen when several thousand strikers returned re-turned to work in response to President Presi-dent Wilson's request, made yesterday and the appeal today of international representatives of the six crafts involved in-volved Director R. H. Alshton, of the Northwestern region, and Hale Holden of the Central Western roads, said to-I to-I night there was much encouragement in the situation. In Chicago 450 workers on the I hi cago and Northwestern and the Chi cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul roads returned re-turned to work and 4,000 at Kansas City and smaller numbers at various points -in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin were reported back Foodstuffs on all lines were kept moving. The Belt Line carried 419 j cars of livestock into the stockyards today. Only 500 cars of grain were delivered to board of trade members, I however. ' no |