Evening star., 1951-01-15
Greyhound Bus
WaIkout Ends
After Two Days
Service to Annapolis
And St. Louis Due to
Be Normal Tomorrow

All agreement 10 emu q CWO-Qay
walkout on the Capitol Greyhound
Lines operating between Wash
ington and Annapolis and Wash
ington and St. Louis was reached
last night in Cincinnati company
headquarters.
w. A. Dennick, company super
intendent here, said he hopes to
have service back to normal by
tomorrow morning. He explained
that SO per cent of service to An
napolis has already been resumed.
About 10000 people daily are
affected by this service.
St. Louis Bus Leaves Today.
The service to Winchester, Va,
Is back to normal. Mr.. Dennick
declared. He said the dispute, in
volving about 120 drivers and So
vehicles. appeared to hinge on the
continued payment of Christ
mas bonus. He said the company
has paid this regularly, but he
considers it subject that is not
negotiable.
The first bus to run since the
strike started Saturday was to
leave for st. Louis this afternoon,
Mr.. Dennick declared.
Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, a
meeting was scheduled between
union officials and c. L. Crum,
vice president and general man
ager of the Capitol division, to
work out details.
The walkout ended shortly be-
fore midnight last night and Or
ders went out to start buses again.
Edward w. Oliver of Indianapolis,
vice president of the Amalgamated
Association of Street, Electric
Railway and Motor Coach EN-
ployes tAFN made the announce
ment.
Terms Are Withheld.
In meeting lasting more than
six hours. the union agreed upon
the matters in dispute, Mr.. Oliver
declared. But he refused to dis
close the terms. The decision was
reached after a series of telephone
calls between union spokesmen
and Mr.. Crum.
"We have arranged to meet in
the company'S offices at $50 Mon
day morning to work out all de-
tails" said Mr.. Oliver.
Before the meeting at Cincin-
natl last night, Mr.. Oliver had
termed the walkout "unauthor-
ized."
The Federal Government took
hand in the situation yesterday
when Conciliator James Nc
Namara was assigned to the case
in Cincinnati.
w. NJ. & A. Strike Threatened.
Meanwhile, a strike is threat
ened on the w. M. & A. line,
which serves some 10000 passen-
gers daily between Prince Georges
County and the District. The
union has set a deadline of to-
morrow night but has authorized
President Charles K. Penrod to
extend it at his discretion.
The threat grows out of an arbi-
tration award, directing the COM
pany to reinstate with back pay to
November 18 a driver, Norman F.
Gibbs of Maryland Park, Md. The
arbitrators cleared him of any
charge of negligence in an acci-
dent on a Labor Day run into West
Virginia. The company contended
Mr.. Gibbs was negligent.
Union officials said the company
has made no move to put the De-
cember 27 arbitration award into
effect But company spokesman
said the firm has not refused to
make it effective, but wants more
time to study it.
Meanwhile, Baltimore bus and
trolley riders face a strike within
week. A strike date is scheduled
to be set tomorrow at meeting
of the operators union Executive
Committee. Members voted 2,975
to ITO in favor of the strike, which
grows out of union request for
a wage increase of from 20 to 35
cents an hour.