Evening star., 1951-01-14
New Bus Strikes
Threaten 10 Hit
Nearby Areas
Greyhound Wolkout
Here Moy Spread to
w. M. & A., Baltimore

w. M. & A., Baltimore
A series OF strikes or strike votes
yesterday confronted thousands of
bus riders in the Washington and
Baltimore areas.
All bus operations of the Capt.
tol Greyhound Lines on the
Washington Annapolis and Wash
ington-St. Louis runs stopped yes
terday when 80 to 120 drivers
stayed away from work, repeatedly
because of a wage adjustment dis
pute. The Greyhound line nor
mally carries 10000 passengers
daily between Washington and
Annapolis.
A sympathy strike by drivers of
Red Star BuSline drivers between
Washington and Annapolis also
halted all bus service between
those cities. Red Star buses use
the Greyhound terminal here.
The w. M. g. A. line that usu-
ally has about 10000 passengers
daily between the District and
Prince Georges County points
faced the threat of strike ten
tatively set for Tuesday.
Vote to Strike.
In Baltimore the bus and street.
car operators of the privately
owned Baltimore Transit. Co
voted yesterday to strike in a con-
tract dispute over higher pay.
That company provides daily
transportation for more than
100000 passengers.
The date for the Baltimore
strike will not be set until the
executive committee of the Tran
sit Workers Union, AFL, meet>
Tuesday. Union officials said they
would give at least five days notice
before calling a walkout. The
union has asked for a pay increase
OF Is to 80 cents an hour.
Capitol Greyhound Lines officials
at the Greyhound terminal here
last night said there was mo sign
OF a change in the situation" The
surprise walkout that started Fri
day midnight caused compara-
lively little inconvenience for the
week end. they said. The full
effect would be felt tomorrow by
the 10000 passengers who ordi-
narily use the line between Wash
ington and Annapolis and inter-
mediate communities, and the
much smaller number of passen-
gers on the Washington st. Louis
route, they predicted.
No Comment From Union.
In the Capitol Greyhound con-
troversy union officials could not
be reached for comment here or
in Cincinnati. headquarters of the
Greyhound Lines. The union is
the Amalgamated Association of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees, AFL, with head
quarters in Detroit.
The dispute affects only Grey
hounds Capitol division, and not
the Pennsylvania. Richmond and
Atlantic divisions.
w. c. Beard, Greyhound ter
minal manager here, said the
situation developed "out of a clear
sky" and that he knew of no rea-
son for it.
Government mediators moved
irto the picture late yesterday.
Conciliator James Mcnamara was
assigned to arrange conferences
today If possible in Cincinnati.
Clyde Mills, assistant director of
the Federal Mediation and Con-
ciliation Service. said.
A Capitol Greyhound Lines Of
fetal said here last night that the
total Of 80 drivers who did not
report for work might have been
increased by another 10 or 20 in
st. Louis or Cincinnati.
About 10 drivers for the Red
Star Bus Line. operating out of the
Greyhound terminal here be-
tween Washington and Annapolis,
walked out later yesterday, ap-
parently in a sympathy strike.
Terminal officials said they had
no advance notice of this walkout
that stopped all bus service be-
tween the two cities.
Reinstatement Asked.
Transport between Washington
and Annapolis, however, was not
completely cut off. Terminal
spokesmen said passengers still
could take a round -about route
by way of Baltimore. Similarly,
passengers for st. Louis could use
Pennsylvania Greyhound and
other facilities to reach st. Louis
by way of such distant points as
Chicago.
The strike threat on the w. M.
& A. busljne arose Friday night
when drivers, members of Local
1865 of the Motor Coach EN-
ployes, AFL, voted to walk out un-
less the company reinstates a dis
missed worker, Norman F. Gibbs
of Maryland Park, Md, in ac-
cordance with a recent arbitration
ruling.
While the union set Tuesday
at midnight as the walkout time,
it instructed its president, Charles
K. Penrod, to extend it, in his
discretion. A company spokes-
man said w. M. g. A. had not re-
fused to comply with the ruling.
but the firms officials will meet
probably the middle of the week
to consider the situation.
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