Show DYNAMITE OUTRAGE PLANT OF LOS LOB ANGELES TIMES IS 18 WRECKED AND TWENTY MEN AMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES explosion was followed by flash of flame that made a roaring furnace f doomed building and men had no chance of escape los angeles pour four men aro are known to be dead and fifteen are missing there being no doubt that their charred bodies will be found later as the result of an explosion and fire alre which destroyed the plant of the los angeles times early friday morning causing a monetary loss of half a million dollars in addition to the times building the building of the Daun baumgart publishing company adjoining the times together with tho the plant of the weekly graphic was also completely dosi destroyed royed the known dead are harvey C elder assli assistant tan t city editor J wesley y re reaves ayes secretary to assistant general manager chandler R L sawyer telegraph editor and harvey L 1 crane assistant telegraph editor the fifteen missing are printers linotype lyno type operators and machinists all but three being married and leaving families it is charged by employees of the times who escaped that the fire was the result of a dynamite explosion which occurred in the allaway be dwean the two buildings tho the explosion being of such force as to overthrow the linotype lyno type machines which were on an the second floor of the building and thrown the operators clear to the coiling cel ling the men who peris perished lied had no chance for their lives the building being a seething roaring mass of hames flames in a moment after the explosion and it is supposed those who perished were stunned by the exploit slon olon those who escaped did so by rushing at once to the doors and windows general harrlson harrison gray otis publisher I 1 of the times and the responsible heads of the paper charge thedis the disaster to labor union sources with emphasis the labor leaders hero here and throughout tho the state repudiate the accusation and and h have of f ered all bid aid in their power lo 10 run down the culp culprits Tits for twenty years following a u ar rel with the typographical union oi which resulted in making the times a nonunion non union paper general oils has been opposed to unions and has fought union unionism ism with every resource at hla his hands the times has long been recognized as the most bitter opponent of unionism in the united states and it has been seconded in its fight against organized labor by the merchants manufacturers association of this city F following ol lowing the terrible loss of life as a result of the destruction of the times plant comes tho the announcement that a Ayn dynamite amite bombi bomb operated by clockwork was discovered b by the gardener at the residence of general otis in the fashionable section of the city the bomb had bad been placed under some vines underneath a bay window the gardener telephoned the police who removed the bomb to a nearby park where it exploded but did little damage it probably would have destroyed the otis homo home had it exploded in the place jt 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 making an attempt to destroy his home another infernal machine was found at the residence ot 0 secretary of the merchants manufacturers association it was composed of fifteen sticks of giant powder and was timed to go off fit at the same hour the explosion occurred at the times office assistant general manager chand chanda ler of the times who probably ei es death owing to the fact that he left the office an hour earlier than usual is authority tor for the statement that a similar attempt was made to blowup blow up the times auxiliary aux illary plant at college and san fernando Fero ando streets a few minutes before the explosion occurred which dei destroyed troyed the main building tho the succession ot of tragic events find and tho the rumors ot 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 ot of tho the crimes so far two arrests arresta have been made but those these are only upon suspicion the president ot of the local typo graphical union has bag issued orders to printers that they may work in conjunction with the nonunion non union print era ot of the times in any of the local newspaper offices in getting out the editions of the times until a raw naw plant has been installed the city council has appropriated tor for the purpose ot of determining the cause of the explosion at the times office and has offered a reward ot of 2500 tor for the cap capture turc ot of those responsible sible tor for the outrage |