Evening star., 1937-11-28
OWNERS, DRIVERS
IN NBUSL|NEPARLEY
Officials Meet First Time.
$6,30O,0O0 Suit Filed
bye Companies.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 27.-Representa-
tives Of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and the Greyhound Bus
Co. met around the same table tonight
for the first time since the Thanks
giving Day strike call to union bus
drivers.
John L. Conner, Federal labor con-
ciliator, said distractions to q joint
conference were overcome after he
talked with Ivan Bowen, general
counsel for the nine bus lines affected
by the strike, and S. R. Harvey, assist
ant president Of the brotherhood.
The meeting followed several hours
after the nine bus lines filed a $6,300,-
900 damage suit in Federal Court
against the brotherhood, charging that
the organization called the strike to
divert traffic to railroads.
| New outbreaks of violence were re-
ported at two widely separated points
in the 16-State area where bus service
was at least partially crippled by the
strike.
Police, State troopers and sheriff Z
deputies escorted Syracuse bound
bus after 1t was damaged in barrage
of concrete fragments near Canaan
daigua, N. Y. Police reported a pas
senger on a bus bound for Indiana
polls from ST. Louis was slightly
| iv,i, ,y,Lo n
from an automobile near Trenton, Ill
Illinois State police reported second
bus was stoned near st. Jacob, III.
Service Crippled.
Service was discontinued between
New York and Boston because Of the
strike. Greyhound oficials at Boston
reporting all operations halted from
that terminal, said resumption OF
service awaited the outcome Of ne
gotiations here.
Harvey described the damage suit
as a smoke screen"
There are no conflicting interests
whatever between drivers and railroad
men IN the brotherhood In Chicago
alone at least seven chairman Of rail-
road organizations are actively work.
ing with the Bus Strike Committee.
Meanwhile, Greyhound service re-
manned paralyzed at Philadelphia.
Seven Of eight lines running through
Newark, N. j., suspended operations
Tighter than ever-nearly 100 per
cent effective" Mr.. Harvey said of the
strike. Operations continue to be
affected generally only 10 to 25 per
cent" a company spokesman replied
The specific object of todays suit
was to recover triple damages for al
legged destruction of equipment. OBJ
struction of buses engaged in inter-
state transportation and intimidation
of employees and respective passengers
by strikers.
Charges by Company.
Greyhound's suit charged, however:
THE calling of the strike was not
to improve wages and working condi-
tions of bus drivers but to cripple
motor bus operations and the highway
bus business generally with view to
restore the patronage of motor bus
operators to the railroads and increase
the number of railroad trainmen en-
ployed by the railroads"
Ivan Bowen, Greyhound general
counsel, said recently the Pennsylvania
Railroad has a so per cent financial
interest in Pennsylvania Greyhound:
the New York Central Railroad, q
substantial interest" in Central Grey
hound; New York, New Haven e. Hart
ford Railroad, so per cent in the New
England Greyhound Lines; and the
Richmond, Fredericksburg L. Potomac
Railroad a substantial interest" in
Richmond Greyhound. There is no
railroad interest in the other affected
lines, he said.