The sun., 1910-10-02
ANTI.UNION PAPER BLOWN UP
~ kIIIED. - az RT. ~ iON
tNGEEES "TgHES' IJRE.
Bomlps Are Found ~ Homes Sf the owner.
Grn. OiIs. anu GhIeG NIn la Labor
right COmpOSitOrS aud Two FaiI-
tors Trapped After FOnr Explosions.


los ANUFLEs. cal oct / The entire
plant and building of III. l.pS Angeles
Times were destroyed by an explosion
and tire early this morning Ninete.n
employees ~ the paper were killed aud
twenty-five were injured. The loss -
about SJOO.uuU
\ bomb was found this afternoon lying
in suitcase against the side Of the home
~ Harrison Grey Otis. owner of the
T,roS II exploded almost in th" hands
of detectives. tearing mp part "i the
street
\ bomb 81 the same character Vas
found ia the basement 81 the home Of
+ Ie.handeRar. secretary ot the
Merchants aud Manufacturers A~socia-
with labor unions Harry Andrews.
mana ging editor uf the Tim's blsme-
labor organizations for the disaster.
mass 80 wreckaRe from which the
bodies of employees have been taken
is all that - left ~ ia. Tunes
Mirror company plant The main three
story bu'ldinE aud the ad Joining six story
plant. occupied bv the Tiine--MiTror
printing and binding house a nd the Ameri-
cau Engraving aud ElectrutyT- Company.
were demolished About twenty-five
n..ighboring hu-,n--- puS-> were
damaged
The first explosion which wrecked
hlInd alley separating Two sections Of
th. banding A. lO7 O'clock more than
tutriy men wrr'' al work IN tn" composing
room thus explosion wrecked the com
POSING room la less than minute there
were three other explosions IA various
parts of the building one IN the base
m.nt -.."n-d 10 rack the whole buIding
Ia - moment the structure was ~ flames
The main loss ~ life occurred ~ an
elevator shaft leading from the composing
room 10 th" basement Iinotyp.. opera
tur- and advertising men piled down the
shaft one after another. and fifteen bodies
were recovered there tu-nIghi Before
'h.. fir-n-u could arrive with lif. nets
.~,ap- VAS cu' IN from the upper floors
Imprisoned men crowded to windows and
tire .s,ap.-- wth flames raging about
ih.iu
Most - the editorial force had gon"
home for ia" night Churchill Harvey
Elder the assistant City editor. Harry l.
Iran- assist ant telegraph editor tNIrle-
q I.DVr1re Pacific Coast editor. and
william Irsbrtt. copy reader. werS still
uu duty Harry T. Andrews managing
81 tor Nas on his nay home For th"
fret night m many years Harry chandler.
-Sr-tant general manager of he paper.
ea- u.r "a The ufiica al that hour H."
bad gone tu catch an early train on hI-
Nay iu ui..,.r G-n Oti- ~hp is r"' Irning
from N-ylcu
Npfu,. q the men cu' IN fruuu th" STAIR.
gay iuup.-d from ~iui"w- and were
ktll,.,! Others we're pNeirom- by ~tnok"
,ud l..rl,h'.d IA the flames The firru"n
'.ush' their ~uV ~ 'p.th- trsi fu"r With
h.uIk"r,uIrf- over their faces Along
rh. winduWs - Ih- .duorIl amt cI'v
'.r,ius un the south sd. = lu' bulding
th. cirk iug m-u could h- se-u CroNdlng
each u'h.' about ~" NindpwS - the tltrd
fu.r I.p,,.llc" and Flder hung bv their
llui~ ru 'h- window i-dge- until ord-r,-i
'r I..' Kua-t lie n"' had b..-n spread.
Both Na'" hurr - badly rhst they dt.d
Randolph Rp--l lnptyp. operator
.Imu.-i frn'u the second HuOr AMI Wa
80, ..r.I, injured In" following u-t -
missing Wa- frirnt-hsd by the Iir'-
, Gdlhh-r linotype operator. " 9
Tuu-'tlI uua'yp- op"va'or Fred I.lrWllyn.
huutvu.. operator. Jurn Howard puu'"r.
Grant Mupr" michini-l EdNari Nt--Dn.
p-inr-'. lul"r FrInk hup'yl- np..ritor.
Eug-n" ,ir,- Hnutyp" up"rltT Don 4
Iuhn-"n inofyp. operator Ern-,' Jar
dan huu,yg- up-ra'.' Frank Ini".-
~out pru'"r Wesley . Ba,v"r -t"nog-
-apr-' I ~aNv.r '"l-griph.., HIrrv
T. ,rru". assistant '"l"graph -ht,-.
,hnrl.. Gul,y-r. ,ompu.i'ur. '.uI Stfa-
ludA huu'vIls. up-rtipr
IN" chl.f - p"Iio- ht- 80 i,.i ,ni- state
m.ur
That fa- build,ug ~as wr-cK.-i bv
dVnauIi. seems 'gT'ai from all my men
an learn Their" we're about q hundred
pa'rulm.u IN dri'v a. 'h" ~. and
IN. detectives nave found sun. ihing-
thai -c.m to - g." pornt 'n he author -
this calamity The police viii keep ~
" without rest until 'hl- hol" ma tier 10
laid
IN. CIV COuncil voted this afternoon
81 pU rp rim down ard 'pn,'c' The
dNnauIt"r-
This afternoon - large ciu"l, hpmh -s'
for / n'clnck the hour Ht which ~" ~.
pIusion ~ the Tin's plant occurred was
found N the basemen - III. home -
! ! Zohandelaar
Managing Editor Hlrrv r Andrsv-
t-~Ied M" following -'5t"mrrr 'h,- morn
IuZ
The Tune. hHldiug Wa destroyed
b, dvnami'a 10y IN" rn"mie- - indusi rial
freedom Iha T,m"s u-elf cannot he
da--rpvci T. will soon hc r"i-s,Ied from
~ a4,llarv plant and will hght ~
ha'tla- 90 the end The horror ~ 'he
lu-- II uf, and marninR " mon prrcl Id.-
any rIrt her statement a. this hour
Andrews said later We had received
numerous threats that such a deed would
-. attempted
Union leaders declare that they -depr.-
cat" IN" Itraga
,ur,,Go, o. viii I Crenmpr.
, ,l,ragn representative ~ The I,o- Angeles
'TI,pss -aId to-day Tho Tir,es has had
. -.,rci rlan' duplicating IN" original
~ every respect. for ten YEAR held In
r"adins-- for Iu-' such an emergency ~
~" Lnmh "yplo~iun There Will be- no