Show DYNAMITE OUTRAGE PLANT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES IS 13 WRECKED AND TWENTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES Explosion Was Followed by Flash of Flame That Made a Roaring Furnace of Doomed Building and Men Had No Chance of Escape Los Four Four men are areto known knowl to be dead and fifteen are missing there being no doubt that their charred bodies will bo be found later as the result of an explosion and fire which destroyed tho the plant of the Los Angeles Times early Friday morning causing a monetary loss of at half haIt a mill million million mil mil- l lion on dollars In addition to the Times building the building of the Baumgart Publishing company adjoining the tho Times together tog with the plant of the Weekly Graphic was also completely complete destroyed The known dead are Harvey C. C Elder assistant city editor J J. J Wesley Vesley Reaves secretary to Assistant General General Gen Gen- eral Manager Chandler R. R L. L Sawyer Sawyer Sawyer Saw Saw- yer telegraph editor and Harvey L. L Crane assistant telegraph editor The fifteen missing are printers operators and machinists all but three being married and leaving fa a- a mUles milies It is charged by employees of the Times who escaped that the fire was the result of a dynamite explosion which occurred in the between between be be- tween the two buildings the explosion being of such force as to overthrow the machines which were on the second floor of the building and thrown the operators clear to the ceiling The men who had no chance for their lives the building being a seething roaring mass of flames in a moment after the explosion explosion explosion sion and it is supposed those who perished were stunned by the slon sion Those who escaped did so by rushing at once to the doors and win win- win win- dows General Harrison Gray Otis publisher publisher pub- pub lisher isher of the Times and the responsible ble heads of the paper charge the disaster disaster disaster dis dis- dis- dis aster to labor union sources With emphasis the labor leaders here and throughout the state tate repudiate repudiate diate diat the accusation and have offered offered offered of of- all aU aid in their power to run rundown rundown rundown down the culprits For twenty years following a a. a quarrel quarrel rd rel with the Typographical union which resulted in making the Times a union non-union paper General Otis has been een opposed to unions and has fought unionism with every resource at his hands lands The Times has long been recognized recognized recognized rec rec- as the most bitter opponent of unionism in the United States and andt it t has been seconded in its fight against organized labor by the Merchants Merchants Merchants Mer Mer- chants Manufacturers Manufacturers' association of this city Following the terrible loss of life as a result of th the destruction of the Times' Times plant comes the announcement that hat a dynamite bomb operated by clockwork was discovered by the gardener at the residence of General Otis in the fashionable section of or the cit city The bomb had been placed been placed under under un- un der ler some vines underneath a bay win win- dow low The gardener telephoned the tile police who removed the bomb to a nearby park where it exploded but did little damage It probably would have lave destroyed the Otis home l had a t it exploded in the place it was discovered ered General Otis was in Mexico at athe atthe atthe the he time but has since returned to Los Angeles and boldly charges the labor abor unions with the crimes of blowing blow- blow ng lag up the Times building and making making mak- mak ing ng an attempt to destroy his home Another infernal machine was found at the residence of Secretary of the Merchants Manufacturers' Manufacturers association It was composed of fifteen sticks sUcks of giant powder and was timed to go off at the same hour the explosion occurred at athe atthe atthe the he Times office Assistant General Manager Chandler Chander Chand- Chand ler er of the Times who probably escaped escaped escaped es es- es- es death owing to the fact that he left eft the office an au hour earlier than usual is authority for the statement that hat a similar attempt was made to blow low up the Times' Times auxiliary plant at College and San Fernando streets a afew afew afew few minutes before belore the explosion occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc which destroyed the main building The succession of tragic events and the rumors of attempted outrages has hasset hasset set Bet the populace of Los Angeles in a state of mind bordering upon panic hundreds of f detectives and policemen are busy in every direction running down clues and endeavoring to find the he alleged perpetrators of the crimes So far two arrests have been made but these thes are only upon suspicion The president of the local Typographical Typographical Typo Typo- graphical union has issued orders to union printers that they may work In conjunction with the non union printers print print- ers of the Times in any of the local newspaper offices in getting out ont the editions of the Times until a new plant has been installed The rhe city council has appropriated for the purpose of determining the cause of the explosion at the Times office and has offered a reward of 2500 for the capture of those responsible re re- re- re sp for the outrage |