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Show MAIN BUILDING OF THE LLEWELLYN IRON WORKS IS IN RUINS AS RESULT OF POWERFUL CHARGE OF DYNAMITE. tbereby be niaccd at a JKvl.-a- n corupetitlU w.th nonon , Company Blames Union Men. ' fort t f . he plDlon ,hat tbe e.' am ,1 U'r d,fr,1"-ncc wlih anl a tude toward uniun labor, and the ro. ee are w.,rklng on tb.'s ihoorv. companny:a7d:yn' PCreUry ' duo to the fact that we are Btun'ihg our I? ifiht t0 "n our buHlnK In our own way. i do Dot hov0 wsh the n "ndestoo'l os intimating that I the me,, who were working here In ' mli "St a and wut out in the ) or wIorJklr8 tr'ke are respons.bl- nuvt. ir ,d n0t tblnk toey have had Ifhi I tO.d0 w,th lL 1 evo ftl the work of men wh do not beloog crlm " t0 CmniU any klnd ot T,orr.'J C'. U'h'c,,?r. president of the . tk nles council, said: The fact that the Llewellyn Iron J. E. Asbury, the watchman, was S'atcd In the ofllce ab.-ut thirty feM , Mom the center of the explosion when U occurred. He was buriod under a niaes of debris, but was draped out of It by Policeman Cahlll. who was in front of tl oiJlce at the time of the explosion. With the exception of , fiit on the right hand and an abrasion j I) juJtdSCal1, and 'ace' Asbur' LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 23. The Llewellyn Iron Works was partlullv wrecked by an explosion, presumably of dynamite, early this morning. The force of the explosion tore out the fiont of the building, annulled windows win-dows for more than a block dlstaut and wakened people in the resident districts more than two inlle.i away. The nlghlwatchman , was slightly injured in-jured The police have im clue to I the perpetrators. Who placed the sup- j posed charge of dynamite is unknown i I saw a flash and heard a report like the crack of a whip," said Police-I Police-I man Cahlll. "and ricxt ,ho front ()f . ie building seemed to crumble and flu- a r was tilled with debris. I cai)ed ; out Is there any one In the building" "nd. hearing a cry for help from As-iKiry. As-iKiry. fuund and dragged him from "nder t!ic ruing ftQ(J (j5 thft 5lrcet lhe Llewellyn Iron Works haS long been prominent In the flCht against the recognition of union labor In this , '. and Is one of the concerns Involved In-volved in the exiting metal workers' Mrike which went Into effect on June f lit of thi? year. The strike has been icharactlzed by great bltterneV on both s.rtc. r The strike was called oMitsHv f.. i . n twurarc with organized ' . 13 a" that our enemies need to fr to 3" this outrace at oar I !:! . ' Lvr' true friends of the caus, of labor knows that violence injures our cause more than those against whom It may be directed. To those who would seek to fasten upon us any responsibility for such a crime we of thw Log Angek.a Lar council are able to make answer by f eiing any one to point out any time in our twenty-six years of existence , en have ever advocated other ti:an peaceable measures for the accomplishment ac-complishment of our Just ends.' Aprarently the police have no definite defi-nite cl'je to the perpetrators. In V i r IV r f K.. r - . i rwn but it is believed io be the outcome of the general labor troubles of Los Angeles, In which the L! cwellyn cum-J'uny cum-J'uny had been prominently Involved. A hole in the ground eighteen inches deep and abnut six feet In diameter bears witness to the place f origin and probable cause ot the damage. The front of tho main building, a . three-story frame, for a distance of I probably seveniy-flve feet, was shot to pieces and Us contents of furniture and ofuce paraphernalia are piled to-gether to-gether in apparent ruin. The b.g much mu-ch Inery of tho plant Is apparently undamaged i . . iui: bun ."ngeies muc i-vriarnltliig outrage, October 1 lst. in Iwbkh twenty-one men were killed, to- jt d".Vb explosion ha created widespread ir-tereM. The grand Jury Is expectel . at any time to hand In Its report on i 3e the Times cae. j ' I he purpose of e-.lorclng a" demand lnln pht-bour day for all thn v"rkers and a uniform wag of eents per hour. The strui-le w,13 ireclpiuted by a notice from the meu Trill? in Kth mctaJ "d n San " c, e employers there j had made a condition of concessions i.. ir.Hr nmplny lilHt rney ,hotj)i1 ff I |