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Show ou RAILROAD LOSSES ARE CHARGED TO STRIKE New Orleans, La., Jan. 17. "Tho pcor showing revealed In the November Novem-ber report of the Illinois Ceutrnl Railroad company,'1 says the New Orleans Or-leans Times-Democrats, "was due entirely en-tirely to the strike on thc company'. lines. "As a result of the great rail strlko there was a tiemendous falling off in the business handled by the company Tvhich nmounted to a decrease in gross earnings of ?589,S34 for tho month of November alone. "Shippers naturally did not care to send their goods over tho Illinois Central on account of the iiossiblllty : of long delavs, an example of which is thc act that It required sixty-se-en days to make dne shipment from a Chicago firm to a mercantile house in Memphis. "An incieasc in operating expends of $533,000, combined Tvlth the decrease de-crease In gross earnings, left a. re-duction re-duction In net earnings of $1,142,891. "The comparatively small amount which could be don,e toward repairs in the shops previously began to bo felt in tho necessltv of larger rep.iir expenditures in November Besides hat, the strike or f,he freight clerks caused much Inconvenience. "It appears that In many cases tho clerks caused fi eight to ho sent to wrong destinations thus necessitating necessitat-ing a back haul in connection with the transfer of cqnslgnments to proper pro-per points." The United States bureau of inspectors inspec-tors has filed forty-six affidavits against the Illinois Central Railroad company in the federal court here, charging the big corporation with violations vi-olations of the safety appliance law and the laws requiring that the rolling roll-ing stock of railroads be in good condition con-dition before it Is used. The Inspectors Inspec-tors have been busy hero for a couple cou-ple of weeks, according to tho strikers' strik-ers' bulletin published hero. oo |