The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-10-06
MANY BOMBS ARE FOUND
EXPLOSION WRECKS OFFICE OF
LOS ANGELES TIMES.
Twenty are Killed in Wreck Of Build
ins-other Explosives are Found
IN Many Parts of City.

Times, n Of the best known news
papers of the southwest, and Of which
paper Gen. Harrison g. Otis is editor
and principal owner, was completely
destroyed by an explosion and fire
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning,
resulting in the death of upwards Of
twenty Of its employees and a financial
loss of nearly half a million.
The management Of the paper lays
n blame of the explosion to a labor
union with which the paper has long
been engaged in a bitter warfare. 1t
is charged that unknown parties set
off the charge Of dynamite in a blind
alley which ran into the center of the
building, completely wrecking the in
terror n setting it on fire from roof
to basement.
Within a few seconds from the time
of the explosion the entire building
was a fiery furnace. The crowds that
gathered early say they saw many men
fall back from windows into the flames.
Others leaped and were injured. The
editorial rooms were on the third floor,
but it is believed the greater part Of
the men on this floor escaped death.
In addition to the complete plant of
The Times the building contained the
large jobbing and commercial plant Of
the American Engraving Co. The prop
erty loss is estimated at $780, 900.
Within a few minutes after the ex-
plosion the police arrested two men
near The Times building and they are
being held for Identification.
' MI foo1S~r -,Is1l ~ - ls~l, 41~0,,~1
out the city during the day over the
Times disaster, was augmented when
the discovery vas made that a dyna-
mite bomb had been found under the
residence Of Secretary Zeehandelaar
and reached a state Of alarm and con
sternation when the. attempt on the
Cts residence became Known.
Reports Of the finding Of otne bombs
were made to police headquarters dur
ing the day, but investigation dis
closed them to be ~unfounded. Assist
ant General Manager Chandler of the
Times is authority for the statement
that a similar attempt was made to
blow W the Times auxiliary plant at
college and San Fernando streets a
few minutes before the explosion oc-
CURED which destroyed the Main
building.
The succession of tragic events and
the rumors of attempted outrages set
the populace Of Los Angeles in a state
of mind bordering on panic. Hundreds
Of policemen and detectives were busy
in every direction running down clues
and ~endeavoring, to locate the alleged
perpetrators of the crimes. But two
arrests have been made and they were
on suspicion.
The president of the local typograph-
ical union issued orders today that
union printers may work in conjunc-
ton with non-union printers Of the
Times in any of the local newspaper
offices in getting out the edition Of the
Times. This was announced after a
consultation of the union men and the
managers of the other newspapers.
The city council met in special ses-
sion during the day and appropriated
$4,000 for the purpose of determining
the cause of the Times explosion and
provide a reward of $4,000 Tor the cap
ture Of those responsible for the out
rage.
Mayor Alexander and the city coun-
Gil, meeting with other city officers and
local union leaders during the day, mu-
tually agreed to call off the big union
labor parade planned for next Monday
night as a demonstration against local
conditions alleged to be hostile to the
interests of union labor.
The death list is this mornings dis
aster probably will total twenty.
There are four known dead and ff-
teen missing, whose bodies almost to
a certainty lie in the still smoking
ruins of the building.