After Greyhound bus drivers went on strike Friday morning, students returning from spring break were forced to find alternate transportation back to State College this weekend.

The strike was called after negotiators for the Amalgamated Council of Greyhound Local Unions could not reach an agreement on wage issues. The council represents more than 9,000 employees -- 6,300 of which are drivers.

Dan Williams, manager of the State College Trailways station, said Trailways is sending extra buses on its regular routes to make up for service lost due to the strike.

"We're helping out the best we can," he said.

Trailways is also honoring Greyhound tickets and will probably do so for the remainder of the strike, he said. However, once everyone has returned from spring break, they probably will not need to honor many more Greyhound tickets, he added.

Students were stranded yesterday in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as well as in smaller towns and cities, he said. But he added service by Trailways, Amtrak and independent bus companies should be enough to bring a large number of the students back to State College in time for today's classes, he said.

Jennifer Zadroga (junior-administration of justice) said she bought a Trailways ticket after hearing about the strike on Friday. She returned from King of Prussia last evening.

While she did not see anyone stranded at the King of Prussia or Harrisburg bus stations, her bus was extremely crowded, with two people sitting on the steps, she said.

Ronda Dettinger, a Harrisburg resident, said although she was inconvenienced by the strike, she does not blame Greyhound drivers for striking because they have been taking many cuts in pay.

Dettinger said she arrived on a Greyhound bus Thursday night, and panicked when she heard about the strike because she had to return to Harrisburg today. Although Trailways honored her Greyhound ticket yesterday, she had to cut her stay about three hours short.

Dan Rood, a driver for Fullington Limos, which provides service between the bus station and the airport, said he drove several students back from the airport who had used air travel as an alternative to buses.

He said he met a larger number of students travelling from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh than he usually does, and that these students had to return one day early because no flights for University Park were scheduled yesterday.

In Philadelphia, two men were arrested for throwing rocks at a Greyhound bus carrying 15 passengers, and a judge in Pittsburgh issued an order limiting picketing.