Show DYNAMITE OUTRAGE PLANT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES Is 19 WRECKED AND TWENTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES explosion was followed by flath 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 there being no doubt that their charred bodies avill be found later as the result of an explosion and fire which destroyed the plant of the los log angeles times early friday morning causing a monetary loss 0 of f half a ml million 1 dollars in addition t to 0 the T times i me s building tho the building of th the e baumgart publishing company adjoining the tha times together with the plant of the weekly graphic was also co completely mple tely destroyed the known dead aro are harvey C elder assistant city editor J wes wesley I 1 ey reaves heaves 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 m illes it la is charged by employees or of the times who escaped that the fire was the result of a dynamite e explosion which occurred in the allaway be tween the two buildings the explosion being of such force as to overthrow the linotype lyno type machines which were on the second floor ot of the building and thrown the operators clear to the ceiling cel ling the men who perished perl peri sned had no chance for their lives the building being a seething roaring mass of flames in a moment alter after the explosion and it la Is supposed those who perished were stunned by the explosion those who escaped did so by rushing at once to the doors and windows window general gray otis publisher 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 the state repudiate the accusation and nave have offered all aid in their power to run down the culprits for twenty years following a quarrel with the typographical union which eh resulted in making the times a nonunion non union paper general otis has been opposed to unions and has fought unionism with every resource at his hands the times has long been recognized as the most bitter opponent of unionism in the united states stales 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 ns as a result of the destruction of tho the times plant comes the announcement announce announcement men t that a dynamite bomb operated by clockwork was discovered by the gardener at the residence of general otis oils in the fashionable section of the city the bomb had been placed tin under some vines underneath a bay win d dov 0 w the gardener telephoned Cele phoned the police who removed the bomb to n nearby park where it exploded but did liitle damage it probably would have destroyed the otis oils home had it exploded in the place it was discovered general otis oils was in mexico at the time but has since returned to los angeles and boldly charges the labor unions with the crimes of blowing up the times building and male mak ing an attempt to destroy his home another infernal machine was 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 same hour the explosion occurred at the times office assistant general manager chandler of the times who probably escaped death owing to the tact fact that he left the office an hour earlier than usual Is authority for the statement that a similar attempt was made to blow up the times auxiliary plant at college and san fernando Perna Tido streets a 8 few minutes before the explosion occurred which destroyed the main building the succession of tragic events eventa 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 fand so tar far two arrests have heen been made but these the are only upon suspicion tho the president of the local typographical union has issued orders to union printers that they may work in conjunction with the nonunion non union printers ot of the times in any of the local newspaper in getting out tho the editions of 0 the times until n new plant has been installed tho the city council has appropriated for the purpose of determining tile the cause of the explosion nt at the times office and has offered a reward of 11 2500 for the capture of those responsible tor for the outrage |