The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-11

and broken timbera few in ali diree.
tons.
"Thc force Of the thing was indie.
scribable Grant Moore, linotype
maohinist, was directly over the spot
where the explosion came through the
floor. His body was hurled against the
ceiling. T.. A. ordan, head setter.
and f. w. WATSON, galley man. were
nearest to him, and they, too, were
hurled against the ceiling Of the com.
posing room.
I" Everyone Of the typesetting ma
chimes was thrown down and hurled in
all directions There was no time to
do anything for anyone else, and every
man instrnctively rushed for safety.
SIN ten seconds, il seemed to me.
the whole inside Of the building was
afre. The flames were everywhere. 1
ran for the fire escape on the Broadway
side, intending to climb down the two
stories to the street. The flames cut
me of and I rushed toward the ele.
vator in the end Of the building, Just
as l got near the elevator door some
one ran into me and knocked me down
the elevator shaft l fell in a heap in
the basement, hurting my arms and
legs pretty badly, managed to get
up, however knowing l must get out
of the building quickly.
Says It was Dynamite.
"The fire was everywhere in the
basement, too. tried to get to the
doors, but could not. Finally broke
through q thin partition that let. me
into the mailing room. The only way
out of this room, which was all ahame,
was through a little paper chute which
ran upward to the street and through
which we ordinarily slide bundles Of
papers.
1.-The wind from the street was fan.
ming the flames into the chute and [
could see them licking into the chute
between me and the daylight. How.
ever 1 realized that this was my only
chance for life and Owed into it and
crawled directly toward the flames.
How / got through them don 7 know,
but when l reached the sidewalk and
drew myself out of the chute l realized
that had been badly burned As soon
as l got to the street, fremen and 9TH
ers helped me to my feet and away
from the building.
ohandler's Marrow Escape.
"Assistant General Manager Chani.
Ter narrowly escaped with his life. His
office was on the ground floor and he
had left it but a few minutes before
the explosion. He was accustomed to
remaining in his Office until later in
the morning, but on this occasion his
wife had come for him and he had gone
to his home a few blocks distant
Chandler's private secretary, j. Wesley
Reeves, remained in the office and has
not been found since the FIRE broke out,
and it is believed the secretary lost
his life. Chambers Office was wrecked
by the force of the explosion and it
was hardly possible for any one to es.
cape from it. He had scarcely reached
his home when he heard the explosion,
and says he at once believed that the
Times had been dynamited. He hur.
ried to the scene, but found the build
ing mass of flames when he reached
there.
''You can say for me that there is
no doubt that this terrible outrage can
be laid at the doors Of the labor unions.
They have destroyed the building and
plant, and have killed number of our
men-we do not know how many-but
they can not kill The Times"
Wires for New Plant.
"Two hours after the FIRE Chandler
was busy writing kilograms, ordering
new printing presses, linotypes and a
stereotyping outfit for new plant
from New York. An issue of the paper
was gotten out today from the com
posing and pressrooms of the Los An
geles Herald and from an auxiliary of
the Times Office in another part of the
city.
chandler stated that two years ago
the Times had established an auxiliary
plant at College and San Francisco
streets, equippng it with a press and
twelve linotype machines, with the ex-
Ipectation that the present plant would
some day be destroyed
This auxiliary plant which the Post
account refers to is the linotype school
which The Times conducted in another
portion Of the city to teach apprentices
the trade and. thus supply themselves
with nonuniOn men. In another part
of the account, 1t says that two men
We're discovered climbing to the roof
~ thi9 puAiulhS WIN Lub dlu VI lduueFs
but fled when the watchman fired at
them. 1t is believed that this build
ing was also marked for destruction.
The preparedness of The Times manage
ment for what occurred is plainly shown,
by the above extracts and by this:
Guns in Times once
"Reeently, according to Managing
Editor Andrews, the strained relations
with organized labor have almost reach.
ed the breaking point, since the preci-
pitation Of the brewers and iron work
ers' strikes here six months ago.
"Less than a month ago a stand of
fifty Springfeld rifles was purchased
and installed III the tower room in the
fourth floor Of the building. This fact
had been kept secret; but it was adj
mitted by Andrews today.
"Last week n case of sawed.off shot.
guns, which had stood in the managing
editors Office, was moved into the re.
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