Show PLANT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES 13 WRECKED AND TWENTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES explosion wa was followed by flash of flame that made a roaring furnace of doomed cut jing ang and men had no chance of escape loe los angeles lour men arc are known to be dead and fifteen arc are rul rolling ruling ing there being no doubt thai that the r charad bodice bodies will be found liter itter as a tho the result of an explosion and fire bich destroyed the plant of the los Ani angelos leles times early friday morning causing a monetary lose loss of half a mil lion dollar dollars in arditi addition 0 n to the times building the building of the baumgar Daum gart t publishing company adjoining the th e time times ogather with the plant of th the e graphic wae was also comple completely tel y destroyed the known dead are harvey C kidir assistant city editor 3 wesley heave reaves secretary to assistant gen eral manager chandler R L 1 saw yer tele telegraph raph editor and harvey L crane assistant telegraph editor the fifteen missing are printers prin tere linotype lyno type operators and machinists all but three being married and leming fa milieu it Is charged by employees of ibe be times who escaped that the fire was the result of a dynamite amIte explosion which bich occurred in the allaway be aacen the two buildings the explosion being of force as to overthrow the linotype lyno type machines which were on the arcond floor of th building and thrown the operators ope clear to the ceiling the men who ho had no fin chance for their litel the building being a ne Re ething roaring miss of names rallies in a moment after the elpio ion lion and it Is supposed those who perished were stunned by the elpio mon those who ho ese aped did so by ty rushing at once to the doors and win dows do 9 general Harrt non on oray gray otts otis pub usher limiter of the times and the response res ble heads of the tile paper charge thedis astor aster to labor union sources with emphasis the labor leader leaders here and throughout the state reau diato the tile accusation and anti have of all aid old in fit their power to run down doun tho culprits tor lor twenty years fil fA lowing a rel with the typographical union which roaul resulted ted in inking the times a non on union paper C general otis has bedi be 11 opposed to unions and has fought unionism with mith every resource at h his Is hands the his long been rec as the most bitter opponent of unionism in ili the united states and it has been seconded in its fight aa organized labor ty I 1 y the mer chants S manufacturer manufacturers nago clation of this thin city fol following loNIng the tile loss of life as a result of the destra tion of the times comes the announcement that a dynamite bomb operated by cloel clockwork mork aa was dis coNerd by the wardener gir dener at tho the residence of geneal otie otis in the section of odthe the city the bomb had been placed un d r some vines underneath a bay win low doi the gardener telephoned tho tile police who removed the bonah to a pirk where it exploded but did little damage it probably pro bibly would axe destroyed the otis home had it exploded in tho the it uis dincov ered aitner il otie otis A is in mexico at the line but has since returned to 0 o lots angeles and boldly charges the tile labor unions with the crimes of blow tnt up the times b hiding and mak ing an attempt to destroy his home another cinal michlene was found at the residence of Secre secretory tiry of the merchants k manufacturers alao association clatton it was composed tom posed of fifteen sticks of glint poa powder tier and was timed to go off nt at the tile hour the occurred at the timea office assistant general manager chand ter of tho the times who probably pro bibly ea es death owing to the fact that he left the tho office an hour earlier than usual Is authority nut hority for tho the statement that a bli nilar attempt was ae made to blow up tho tile times plant at college and san fernando street streets a few ew minute minutes before the explosion oc furred which destroyed the main building the succession sucre eslon of tragic events and the rumors of attempted outrages has bet set the populace of los angeles in i i state of mind bordering upon panic hundreds of detectives and anti policemen are busy in every direction running down clues and ende endeavoring morIng to find tho the alleged perpetrators of the crimes bo so far two arrests have been made but these theme are only ilion suspicion the lites president Ident of the local typo graphical union has issued orders to union printers that they may borkin work in conjunction with the nonunion print era ers of the times in any of the local newspaper offices in setting getting out the editions ot of the times until a new plant has been Initial installed led the city council has appropriated W 25 for he the purpose of tho the biuso of the explosion at the time times office and has of offend a reward of for tho the capture of those re arrin sible for the outrage |