The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
NEWSPAPER OFFICE
WRECKED BY FlENDs
Los Angeles, California Times
Building Blown up by
Explosives.


Attempts Also Made to Blow Up the
Home of Editor and Another-pa-
per Has Long Had Labor Troubles
1t Is Denied That Labor Union
Knew of the Afrair-Citizens and
Officials Offer Large Rewards for
Apprehension of Criminals.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 1.-An at
tempt TO destroy the residence OF
Gen Harrison Gray Otis, of Los An
geles by means OF an Internal ma
chine was made late today, following
an explosion which early today caus-
ed great loss of life and destroyed the
buildings and plant of the Times, en-
failing a loss of nearly half million
dollars and suspected effort to blow
up the auxiliary plant of that paper.
A powerful Internal machine was also
found today at the residence OF Sec
retary Zeehandelaar, of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
Telegram From Gen. Otis.
This afternoon the Times made
public the following telegram from
General Otis:
Your wire, with its terrible news
reached me this morning. l am
amazed at the desperation of the
criminal conspirators in destroying
the Times building and Staying its
loyal defendenrs, whose loss deeply
deplore; but. the Times itself will
live on, brave1y defending the vital
and essential principles of industrial
freedom under law which must yet
triumph in the entire nation.
(Signed)
HARRISON GRAY OTIS"
ter which occurred this morning, will
probably total nineteen. There are
four known dead and fifteen missing
whose bodies probably lie in the still
smoking ruins of the Times build
ing.
In addition there are about twenty
injured, some of whom may die.
! The original suspicion of the police
! that the Times building disaster was
due to a heavy charge of high ex-
plosiveS was circumstantially con-
! firmed by the finding of the other
/ bombs and the statements of those
persons in the building, or nearby
1t is also almost certain that the
explosion occurred in a narrow alley
that separated the two buildings oc-
cupied by the Times.
Foreman Graybill, of the compos-
ing room, in which the full force of
the explosion was felt, and where
the greatest direct damage was done,
is firmly of the opinion that it was
due to dynamite in the alley. His
statement is the clearest yet obtain
able He said:
81 was standing near the center OF
the composing room when all at
once a terrific force blow seemed to
raise a section of the floor clearto the
roof. The upheaval came between
two linotype machines. Frames and
broken timbers few in all directions.
The force of the thing was indescrib-
able. Grant Moore, a machinist, was
directly over the spot where the inn
pact came through the floor. His
body was hurled against the ceiling
E. A. Jordan. head setter, and e
w. Wasson, galley man, were near.
est him, and they, too, were hurled
against the ceiling of the composing
room.
Every one of the type-setting ma.
chimes was thrown and hurled in al
directions"
Rewards which will probably
reach a quarter Of million dollars
will be offered by the publisher. the
officials Of the city of Los Angeles
and citizens generally. Labor lead
ers in the East have expressed theil
Indignation and offer assistance.