Evening star., 1937-11-29
GUARD INCREASED
AT TERMINAL HERE
AS BUS IS STONED
Attack Made on GREYHOUND
Vehicle, Carrying 20,
Near Accotink.
SABOTAGE SUSPECTED:
|. c. c. MAY JOIN PROBE
Engine Trouble Leads Driver to
Belief Sugar Was Mixed
in Gasoline.

The police guard at the Greyhound
terminal and garage was strengthened
today after bus from Richmond
carrying 20 passengers was showered
with rocks by three men, just south
OF Accotink, Va.
No one was injured in the attack
which took place about 2 am, but
the bus is being inspected here for
evidence of sabotage. The driver,
F. Bell, reported he had engine trou-
BILE from the time he left Richmond at
o'clock last night. leading to the
belief sugar may have been mixed in
the gasoline.
l.. c. Major, regional manager for
Greyhound, planned to ask that a
representative from the Interstate
Commerce Commission be designated
for the inspection. The Bureau of
Motor Carriers has never been con-
fronted with request of the sort and
1t was not certain what could be done
Second Disturbance Here.
The f1are-up was the second in this
area since the drivers were called on
strike at midnight Wednesday by the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in
dispute over wages and the closed
shop issue. The f1rst-Friday after
noon-resulted in charge of assault
with dangerous weapon against IL
men accused of beating William F.
Dixon. driver, who was pulled from
Baltimore bound bus in the 1900
block of New York avenue northeast.
This case was to have been laid be-
fore the grand jury this morning, but
the United States attorneys office
said the presentment would be de-
layed until Wednesday.
MIR. Bell first reported today's trou-
ble from a garage in Accotink, then
gave added details on arrival here,
where the bus was ending its trip.
He said he was running late because
OF the engine trouble, when a man
In civilian clothes halted the vehicle
at side road below Accotink.
At the same time, an automobile
containing another man in civilian
clothes and one in drivers uniform,
pulled out, hurting rocks, and then the
three were on their way.
Identity Of Attackers Known.
Mr.. Major said headquarters here
had been tipped off on the attack and
that the identity Of the men was
known and had been furnished the
police. They are strikers, he said one
hailing from Washington and the
others from out of town.
The only damage to the bus he re-
ported consisted of dents in the side
and back. A bus following closely be-
hind took several passengers off the
first bus, to permit them to make
connections here, but those destined
locally completed the trip
Desultory picketing that has marked
the progress of the strike was re-
sumed this morning, uniformed men
carrying placards parading around
the terminal at Fourteenth street and
New York avenue NV Police and
plain-c -clothesmen, augmented by Grey
hound police, are on duty there while
q guard Of like makeup is at the
garage in the 1900 block of New York
avenue NE.
1t was announced today that the
Greyhound now is prepared to furnish
service to New York, through an
arrangement with the Sideways buses
which are handling Greyhound pas
sengers beyond Baltimore. Heretofore,
the traffic beyond Baltimore has been
handled by rail-