Evening star., 1945-11-05
Labor Mediators
Seek 10 Reopen
Greyhound Talks
Bus Strike Spreads
In Southwest to
Seven More States

Cancellation officials today
sought some means of re-enter-
ing as mediators into the Grey
hound Lines strike, which now
has tied up bus transportation
across the country from New
England to New Mexico.
Howard Colvin, assistant chief OF
the Labor Departments Concilia-
ton Service, whose invitation to the
companies and the drivers for a
conference here today was turned
down, said he was seeking some
method Of getting the two sides to-
gether with a conciliation commits
sioner. The companies refused to
meet with drivers representatives in
the Labor Department, reiterated
that they had made their highest
offer on the mileage rate for drivers,
and said they would meet with
drivers representatives in Cleveland
If they thought anything could be
accomplished now"
Situation Here the Same.
The situation at the Washington
Greyhound terminal remained the
same, with the Pennsylvania Grey
hound lines, normally carrying 5000
to 5000 passengers in and out of
Washington, tied up. A suit by the
terminal company to enjoin the
union against picketing the terminal
will be argued tomorrow before JUS
tice T. Alan Goldsborough in Dis
trict Court.
Bus transportation to California
over the Southwest route was tied
up today by action of the drivers of
the Southwestern Greyhound Lines,
Inc, in joining the strike. The
point at issue is the mileage rate for
the drivers. East of the Mississippi
the men are striking for 5.75 cents
mile; the companies have offered
81 cents. The strike west of the
Mississippi Is for SIS cents mile; the
company has offered SO.
At Albuquerque, N. Mex, accord
ing to the Associated Press, &c
drivers and Is terminal employees
left their jobs. Strike of the term
inal employees affected the Pacific
Greyhound Lines running to Cali
fornia although drivers of that COM
pany are not on strike. They struck
for higher mileage rate in October
and the strike was settled by arbi-
tration.
Conference Thursday.
The strike spread to the West with
a walkout of drivers operating out oil
Kansas City at midnight Saturday
w. C. Estes Of Oklahoma City, presi.
denty of the unions local in the
Southwest, said he tried to hold the
drivers from striking because q
mileage rate conference between w
G. Kelley, business agent of the
Union, and p. S. Tibbits, president
OF Southwestern Greyhound. Il
scheduled for Thursday at Fort
Worth. MIR. Estes said he tried te
keep the drivers on the job until
the conference but that .after ths
drivers went out in Kansas City
the Oklahoma City drivers refused
to stay hitched."
About 125 drivers working out oi
Dallas joined the strike. Fifteer
drivers left their buses at the Denver
terminal at midnight last night
The usual Sunday night increase IL
passengers developed into crowds a
bus terminals in Western cities. tn,
people did not know there was t,
be a strike and punched up a
ticket windows, calling for buses.
The strike on Southwestern Grey.
hound extended the tieup to sever
more States. 1t already was in eff.
feet IN 10 States. New States af.
fected were Texas, Oklahoma, Mis-
souri,. Kansas, New Mexico, Colorad,
and Arkansas.