| Show DYNAMITE PLANT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES 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 angeles four men are known to be dead and fifteen are missing thero there being no doubt that their charred bodies will bo be found later as the result of an explosion and lire fire which destroyed tho the plant ot of the los angeles times early friday morning causing a monetary loss of halt hall a ruil mil lion dollars in addition to the times building the building of the Daum Baun gart publishing company adjoining the times together with the plant of the weekly graphic was also completely destroyed thu the know 1 i dead aro are harvey C eider assistant int city editor J wesley reaves heaves secretary tary to assistant gen eral cral manager chandler ChAi idler it 11 L saw yer telegraph editor and harvey L crane clone asEl assistant stant telegraph editor the fifteen missing are printers linotype lyno type operators and machinists all but three being married and leaving ta fa milles it is charged by employees of the times who escaped that the fire was the result of a dynamite explosion wh occurred in the allaway be twee twe tho the two tivo buildings the explosion being of such force as to overthrow avei throw the linotype lyno type machines which were on the second floor of the building and thrown the operators clear to the ceiling the men who perl peris sned tied had no chance for their lives the building being a seething roaring mass of flames in it a moment after the slon and it Is supposed those who perished were stunned by the ceplo slon those who escaped did so iby by rushing at once to tho the doors and win lows general IT arrison gray otis pub usher of the times and the res ble heads of the paper charge the dds aster to labor union sources with emphasis the labor leaders here and throughout the state reau diate tho the accusation and have of all aid in their power to ru run n down the culprits for twenty years follo following a quarrel with tho the typographical union which resulted in making the times a non nonunion anlon paper general otis has hag been opposed to unions and has fou fought unionism with every resource at ills his hands the times has long been rec as the most bitter opponent ol of unionism in the united states and it has been seconded in its flent fiant against organized labor by the mer infer chants manufacturers association of this city following the terrible loss of life ni as a result of the destruction of the times plant comes the announcement that a dynamite bomb operated by clockwork was discovered by the gardener at the residence of general otis in the fashionable section odthe of the city the bomb had been placed un nn der some vines underneath a bay win dow the gardener telephoned the police who removed the bomb to a nearby park where it exploded hut but did little damage it probably would have destroyed the otis home had it exploded in the place it was discovered general otis was in mexico at the time but has since returned to los angeles and boldly charges the labor unions with the crimes of blow ing up the times building and mak ing an attempt to destroy his home another infernal machine was found at the residence of secretary of the Iller merchants chants manufacturers association it was composed of fifteen sticks of giant powder and was timed to go oft off at the same hour the explosion occur occurred at the times office assistant general manager chand ler of the times who probably es deith death owing to the fact that lie left the office an hour earlier than usual is ia authority for the statement tint that a similar attempt was made to blow up tip the times auxiliary plant tat at college and san fernando streets a few minutes before the explosion oc burred which velch destroyed the main building the succession of tragic events ind and the rumors of attempted outrages has set the populace of los angeles in a state of mind bordering upon panic hundreds of detectives and policemen are busy in every direction running down clues and endeavoring to find the alleged perpetrators of the crimes so tar far two arrests have been made but these are only upon suspicion tbt president ot of the local typo graphical union has issued orders to union printers that they may work in conjunction with the nonunion non union print ers era of the times in any of the local docil newspaper offices in getting out tho the editions of the times until a now plant has been installed the city council his has appropriated for the purpose ot of determining tho the cause of tho the at the times office and has offered a reward of for the capture of hose ro re for the outrage chief of police shot down mcalester cAlester NI okla george engla england lid chief of police ot of colgate Col gite was shot sho t and killed saturday morning as he was leaving a restaurant by park thompson the Ic killing Illing was the re suit of a tend feud lockout in england Is serious linchester Min Janc chester liester england seven hun dred mills closed and opera tives idle Is the result of the cotton mill lockout at IN manchester due to the failure to adjust a trivial difference as to the ilic harga ot an employee |
