The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-04
A CLUE TO The DYNAMITERS
MAkER or los ANGELES EN-
PLOSIIE DISCOI'ERED
Managers sG Powder works SAY - Per
Gent. Giant Gela tIRe Was Made on .
special Order for Three Men and De-
IlNered To Them nlOns Defended.

/ MANAGERS OI tONUgF W0FhN Sal ~
Gent. Giant Gelatine Was Made on .
! spectral Order FOE Three Men and Do.
IiNered To Them-l Mons Defended.
SAN FRANCIsCo. Oct. 3-Attomey Earl
Rogers and a representative OF tho 10 =
Angeles Tunes arrived here to-day To in
vestigate the purchase from the Giant
| Powder Company near Oakland Of 500
pounds Of N per cent gelatine dynamite
The officers Of the powder company have
| furnished the first tangible clue 10 the
identity OF the dynamiters. The investi-
gators have learned that the powder
was purchased by three men on Septen-
her %
The dynamite found at the residence
! off J Zeehandlar in los Angeles bore the
/ following blue rubber stamp label. 40
per cent. giant gelatine. Giant Powder
Company. Giant, Cal. September 20
Frank Rollar. superihte ndeat Of IN"
Giant Powder Company's plant, identified
this dynamite He said:
The only ~ per cent gelatine dynamite
We have manufactured in several months
was made 10y our men about September
~. according To my best recollection. was
made on an ordn- from o'ir san Francisco
office to he delivered to the launch Peer
less. and in accordance With that order
It was delivered to men who came in the
Peerless To our plant AZ Giant
1t was a special order. as We have
few orders for N peT cent Eelatlne dyna-
mite. The order was for SOD pounds II
was stamped with our label as follows
Eighty peT cent giant gelatine dynamite.
Giant Powder Company. Giant, CANT.
IL was then packed into fifty pound cases.
About seventy eight OF eighty cartridges
were packed in each box. II ~ one Of
the highest power explosives that We
make.
At the time the order came IN and II
was stated To me that the shipment was
20 go To Auburn 10y launch, | thought u
rather strange. as u could have been
shipped TO Auburn 10y train much quicker
| and as Cheaply ~ hy launch There were
| about ten CaEes IN the shipment, an easy
! load for the launch
Three men carried on the transaction
AZ the Giant Powder Company's Office
/ IN this city The names Of two men a.
given 10 the statesmen. are as follows:
| William Morris. who Is described a. a
| Spaniard. and A. J. Bryson. who spoke
broken English. There was a third man.
whose complete description could not he
obtained because 81 the little part he
played in the purchase.
| The description ~ one OF the purchasers
| Of the dynamite a. a Spaniard has given
rise 10 the theory among labor union
| men mere tnat Mexican reNoluttOnlrtS.
against whom Gen. Otis'S paper was very
active when a number of them were Jailed
az Los Angeles, may have planned the out
rage.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Oct J. James NJ. Lynch.
president % the International Typo
| graphical Union. has issued a abatement
denying charges made by the managing
editor 81 the Los Angeles Times attribui
ing the explosion AZ the Times plant to the
foes of industrial Freedom
Mr. Lynch says that the Los Angeles
\ Times has long been a bitter. unrelenting
and unreasoning enemy Of trade uniOnism.
and II IL charAct erietic 81 the Ttmss man
ARement that Immediately after the eX-
plosinn which wrecked its plant, and
without awaiting any Investigation az
90 the cause Of the catastrophe. u should
charge the disaster to the trade unions.
a. was done Ivy the Times business mana.
/ ger and managing editor
| He says that the International Typo
graphical Union IL not a law breaking.
| dynamiting institution and that its long
record IL honorable and entirely free from
resort To violence ~ any kind
He says that no one regrets the catas-
troph" more than himself and that he IA
convinced. from press reports, that the
explosion was caused 10y faulty gas pipes.
Los ANoELEs. Oct. = Rewards for the
dynamite fiends now reach tlOo.OO. The
| Merchants and Manufacturers Association
! to-day offered t5o.OOO in addition 10 re-
wards offered by the city and others.
Sentiment against labor unions was
strengthened 80 materially to-day that
! the newspapers which have been favorable
20 unions declared that the present At rikss
must be called on. IL - probable that tho
State Federation 81 Labor. now in con-
| vention here will take action tomorrow
| 20 end the striker.