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Show STRIKE QUICKLY ENDED 1 Kansas City Switching Crews Return to Work On Schedule Time. j SECRET DEBATE HELD More Conservative Members Mem-bers Vote to End the Yardmen's Strike. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Pec. !. As! suddenly and unexpectedly as it began' Saturday, the strike of 1500 switchmen m the local yards was called off early today. Switching cr.w began returning to1 the wards on schedule time 'his morn-I morn-I inc and it u.i- r.xpected terminal conditions con-ditions soon would be normal again The deeision to return was reached at a secret meeting which began yes terday and lasted far into the night, when a recommendation by more con servative members of the union to end the walkout was put to a vote and carried car-ried out A i 10: SO o'clock this morning a dele-! gatlon of strikers appeared at the office of-fice of W. M. Corbett, general manager! of the Kansas City terminal railways and announced the men were ready to return lo work. The two-day walkout para'yzed ' j trelght shipping in the local yards. j Passenger car switching was not af ! fected, however, the railroads using emergency crews to move the trains. |