New-York tribune., 1910-10-03
THREE ARRESTED
FOR BOMB OUTRAGE
Anarchist Among Those Taken
for LOS Angeles Times ex-
pIoSion. Which Killed l9.
GUARDING GENERAL OTIS
Rewards Offered by City, News
papers and Labor Unions for
Discovery of Perpetra-
tors Reach SIS, 500.


-rorknen. after digging for thirty hours
into the debris Of the Times Building.
wrecked hv an explosion on Saturday
morning. have unearthed five Of the
nineteen bodies buried in the ruins. The
men are still at work tonight, aided oy
g hinge railway crane and derrick, which
i lifting OF. the masses 81 heavy steel.
In the mean time the police are guard
ing the homes of General Harrison Gray
otis. proprietor Of The Times" and Of
Harry Chandler. the general manager.
Guards are also watching over the plants
Of several concerns recently involved in
strikes
Three arrests have been made since
the explosion. one Of the suspects being
ar alleged anarchist Martin Eagan- In
the hope Of securing information as 70
the perpetrators Of the outrage, Mayor
Alexander increased the city's offer Of
reward to-day 10 $4,000
This. together with the offers Of local
newspapers and labor organizations.
whose leaders have announced de
termination 70 assist in the search for
the criminals. raises the total amount Of
rewards to $500. The city's offer is
intended 10 tempt any one having
knowledge Of dynamite conspiracy to
afzrllge the secret. There are no Condi-
lions.
General otis to-day issued state
r7-ur regarding the disaster in which he
said
More than al else do 7 deplore the
sd loss Of life T. with my Co-oW ners in
nrr~T-
physical loss which the destruction OF
+he building involved. with its expensive
plant of modern printing machlnerz-
We Cau stand this loss with compara-
tive Cor1placenCy and with the courage
and e77du-s noe Of men who know what
r IS T. meet the ordinary disasters ot !
business.
But Ne are overcome with sadness hv
the fact that 50 many OF our loyal ana 4
faithful Uorkm0n were slain by the
hands 7F -onspirarors and assassins. for
this infamous deed was i'm fact an act
OF assassination Nc can repair the
nhvsica1 damage done and restore me
-r~ea- property destroyed. but We cannot
-ssfore the life taken away. And this is
r7r great burden which weighs on our 4
hearts i'm the face OF this frightful ca
lamiTv-
Tho ur~l Of physically reha bilitstinE |
the Times already set under way be-
fore nv arrival home yesterday after 1
moan bv nv brave. efficient and faithful ]
associate Harry Chandler. VIII he con
ffnued until the establishment IS once
more complete. fuH 1edged and pauo- /
piled for The war which NC are deter 1
.rineI 70 prosecute so long as life lasts /
IN defence Of the great principles tor
which Tho Los Angeles Times and ITS
responsible owners stand. and VIII con- 1
-iule fo ST. nd
want 60 express ~ the very earliest /
moment possible my gratitude to in I
1uuera bic friends in tho state. the
county and throughout the nation. "A no 1
have conveyed their sympathy TO us IN
niIruherle@s warmly wordad teleE7a ms /
2ud in countless oral expressions. snow {
ing the profound and deep seated Senu-
'uants of good viii which they bear tow
ard nv newspaper. myself and my CO.
workers in its production. These ex-
TreSsions Of sympathy impel Us with the
more profound determination 10 go on IN
The course which we have marked out
for The Los Angeles Times and Tor
ourselves as its responsible conductors
The body Of J. Wesley Reaves. secre- /
;ary 10 Harry Chandler. is one OF those
recovered TO-DAY. Identity was estab-
ished more by the place in which it was
found than by any evidence on the body
itself. II was burned into fragments.
and So were the four other bodies taken
ont to-day.
The first body VAS found shortly after
. o'clock this morning. and between that
time and so O'Clock three more were
-rcovcred an burned bcrond recogni-
zion. ono or tho bodies IS supposed To
hc that of Howard Cor5a way. Young
stcreotyper Reaves's body was found
under what had been the general man
aEor's Office.
Nrs. Churchill HarHcv Elder. wife Of
-to night editor. who dicd Of his burns
and injuries YESTERDAY. arrived here
from Sen Francisco and shortly after
ward collapsed from the strain under
which -he had lsbcred since learning of
rhe catastrophe. she is i'm serious
rordi-ior tonight
John Howard. jr.. son IF ono of tho
N0ot-pere ~hose body is believed 70 hN
ir the ruins also collapsed TO-DAY. Since
the morning IF the explosion he had heen
watching thc ruins aud Waiting for the
shovel men TO work thoir vay to tho
l.ody
Tc Call Esrertr.
The irqueer vll be held on Tuosda>-
AZ that time the cou7mif-ee ef dynamite
experts and engineers appsinted hv chief
- Police GsIlov 20 Investigate the
v-~eokaCe. in an effort - learn the char
s.te- of the explosive used. VII report
their findings Little IN tho H8v of ev'-
deuoe that might lead 20 the discovery
90 eloWs has been found
detectives have spent msn7 hours i'm
festigating ~ the home Of r i. I@ehan-
delsar. secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. near whose
home = bomb was found, but nothing
tangible has been discovered
Among the remarks bic escapes chron-
icied since the explosion and fire We're
those Of George W Long and his crew
of encravers They were on the sixth
7oor Of the building in the few sec
oIsds intervening between the explosion
snd the envel lopnaent of the building III
flames the men made their WAY 20
safety. while the linotype men and the
printers on the second floor were trapped
ht FIRE and peTished-
Besides LonS. tho engraving crew con-
sisted of Hubert Bruce. Edward Bell,
Barry Anderson and Charles Seeboidt-
only one Bell. was hart. He had few
bruises on one hand.
EirilaT eeoaDee uare made hV Marx