The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-04
Dynamite Bombs Discovered in
Los Angeles Home OF the
Times Owner.
DEATH LIST IS TWENTY-FIVE
Editorial Staff Hard Hit The
City offers Big Reward
for Guilty Ones.

Los ANGELES, October 2,-Furtler
capitulation of the terrible tragedy en-
acted in the Times building early Sat
urday morning prove it to be less So
rious as regards fatalities than was FIRST
supposed, but adds to it the luridness
of dastardly plot which it is now
believed was the cause of the holocaust.
The latest estimates place the dead at
twenty-five, while score of others are
injured. Among the dead are three
of the assistant editors, the private Sec
rotary of General Manager Harry
Chandler and many linotype operators.
The greatest destruction was wrought
in the center of the linotype battery,
the machinists receiving the full brunt
of the terrible discharge which wrecked
the entire building.
Otis Hurried Back.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, owner OF
the Times, returned yesterday from
Mexico where he had been attending
the Mexican Centennial. He was met
at the depot by two hundred of the
most prominent and influential business
men of the city, notwithstanding the
fact that the tragedy was yet so fresh
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gathered to extend to him offers of
assistance and assurances of their de-
sire to stand with him in his fight
against lawless trade unionists.
The deepest sympathy was conveyed
to the aged general at the loss of so
many OF his employees and friends and
resolutions were made by the deputa-
| tion to assure him Of their most deter
mined support in n renewal of the fight
against the labor unions, who are con-
sidered indirectly responsible for the
explosion,
Evidences of Plot.
Shortly before the train bearing
General Otis pulled into the Arcade
| Station detectives discovered a bomb
in his splendid home, "The Bivouac. -
The bomb contained enough explosives
to send the beautiful residence with
| its art treasures and relics of the
Spanish occupation into ruins.
| At tho same time the police discov-
cred bomb consisting of fifteen sticks
of dynamite in the residence of Score
tary Zeehandeaar of the Merchant and
Manufacturers Association. This ASSOC
citation represents the organized em-
ployers of Los Angeles and owes it's
strength to the support of General Otis
and the Times Zeehandelaar was con-
sidered as Otis chief lieutenant in the
latter's fight against organized labor.
Town at White Heat.
The entire stats of the municipal
police, the county sheriff's office and
the district attorneys Office are at
work on the case, spurred on by con
! stantly rising public anger. UP to the
present time but one important discov-
cry has been made. The dynamite which
was discovered in Zeehandelaar Is house
had been brought from the Owen 3
River Aqueduct, the immense 220-mile
long ditch which is being constructed
to convey water to Los Angeles.
This clue, slight as it is, is expected
to narrow the meshes on the perpetra-
tors of the deed
The almost universal belief is that
the deed was performed by some of the
labor strikers OF by some of the San
Francisco labor men who have come
down for the express purpose Of fighting
the Times in its special campaign to
abolish the unions Of Los Angeles. Pub
lie sentiment is at white heat and
whether this charge is fastened on the
labor men or not, it is considered the
death knell of unionism in southern
California.
Large Rewards Posted.
The Los Angeles city council yester-
day morning called a special meeting
! and voted reward of $4,000 to the
man who gives information leading to
the arrest of the perpetrators. The reso-
luton was signed by Mayor Alexander
a moment afterwards, Notwithstanding
the fact that the Times is one Of his bit
IeTest political enemies.
A telegram from San Francisco states
that the Building Trades Council, the
central labor body of that city, had at
once voted reward of 1880 for the
same purpose, bringing the reward up
to $32,5OO, the largest ever offered in
California.