The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-07
TWENTY KILLED
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION WRECKS
Los ANGELES TIMES OF.
FIcE BUILDING.
MANY BOMBS ARE FOUND
City 10 IN . State Of Panic Over Re
sults-Cwnsr Attributes Outrage
to Labor Unions Which
Deny Completely.

Los Angeles. Cal. Oct. THE build
ing and plant OF The Los Angeles
Times one Of the best known news.
papers Of the southwest. and Of which
paper Gen. Harrison G. Otis II editor
and principal owner. was completely
destroyed by an explosion and drs
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning.
resulting In the death Of upwards u
twenty Of its employees and q financial
loss OF nearly half a million.
The management of the paper lays
tho blame of the explosion to q labor
union with which the paper has long
been engaged in a bitter warfare. II
II charged that unknown parties get
of the charge of dynamite In blind
alley which ran into the center OF the
building. completely wrecking the In
terror and setting 1t on fire from roof
to basement
Within q 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 moor.
but II II 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 100000.
Within a few minutes after the ex-
/ plosion tho police arrested two men
near The Times building and they are
being held for Identification.
| The feeling which ran high through
out the city during the day over the
| Times disaster. was augmented when
| the discovery was made that 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 IL otno 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 up the Times auxiliary plant AT
College and San Fernando streets
few minutes before the explosion &C.
CURED which destroyed the main
building.
The succession OF tragic events and
the rumors of attempted outrages set
tho populace of Los Angeles in 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 .
consultation Of the union men and the
managers of the other newspapers.
Tho city council met In special ses-
dion 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 for the cap
ture Of those responsible for the out
rage.
Mayor Alexander and the city coun'
ell, meeting with other city officers and
local union leaders during the day. mu-
tually agreed to call OF the big union
labor parade planned for next Monday
night as a demonstration against loca
conditions alleged to be hostile to the
interests of union labor.
The death list is this mornings dis
nster probably will total twenty.
There are four known dead and ff.
teen missing. whose bodies almost tc
certainty lie In the still smoking
ruins Of the building.