Show DYNAMITE OUTRAGE PLANT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES IS 13 WRECKED AND TWENTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES explosion was followed by plash flash 0 of flaime that made a roaring furnace of doomed building and men had no chance of escape los angeles four moil men 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 which alch 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 j the ille bull building ding of the Baum baumgart gatt publishing company adjoining the times time s together with the plant of the weekly graphic was also completely destroyed 11 the known dead are harvey C Z elder ider assistant city editor J wesley reaves secretary to assistant general manager chandler R L sawyer telegraph editor and harvey L 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 dh charged arged by employees of the times who escaped that the fire was the result of a dynamite explosion which occurred in the allaway between the two buildings the explosion being of such force as to overthrow the linotype lyno type machines which were on the second floor floar of the building and thrown the operators clear to the ceiling th the e men who perished had no chance for their lives the building being a seething roaring mass of names flames in a moment after the explosion and it Is supposed those who perished were stunned by the explosion those who escaped did so hy by rushing at once to the doors and windows general harrlson harrison gray otis publisher of the times and the responsible heads of the paper charge the disaster to labor union sources with emphasis the labor leaders here and throughout the state repudiate the accusation and have offered all aid in their power to run down the culprits for twenty years following a quarrel with the typographical union which resulted in making them the times a nonunion non union paper general otis has been opposed to unions and h has is fought unionism with every resource at his hands the times has long been recognized as the most bitter 0 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 following the terrible loss of life 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 of the city the bomb had been placed under some vines u underneath a bay window the tha 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 home had it exploded in the place it ws 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 of blowing up the times building and making an attempt to destroy ills his home another infernal machine was vas found at the residence of secretary of the merchants manufacturers association it was composed of fifteen sticks of giant powder and was timed to go off at the samo same hour the explosion occurred at the times office |