New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-17
Second Attempt on His Lite
Since "Times" Building Was
Blown Up Fails.
LAYS TO M'NAMARA GANG
Police Inclined to Think, How
ever, That Act Was Prompted
by Troubles Over Employ
ing Chinese in Mexico.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune1

Los Angeles, Sept. lO.-General mar
rison Grey Otis, owner Of The Los An
geles Times" escaped death to-day Tor
the second time in three years from
dynamite bomb. 4 Japanese servant
when the internal machine was deliV-
cred by mail this morning, suspected
the contents of the package ana caiIed
General Otis's attention TO it.
The first Internal machine sent TO
General Otis was found at his residence
q few hours after his newspaper plant
had been destroyed by the Mcnamara
conspirators. The second attempt on
his life was attributed by the general
10 agencies friendly 10 those whose con-
spiracy ended in the destruction of the
Times Building and the killing or
twenty-one men three years ago. The
police and postal authorities. however,
believed that the Mexican question pos
sibly had part in Il.
General OTIS IS largely interested IN
lands In the Mexican territory Of Low
or California, Where two years ago In
dustrlal Workers of the World Joined
the direct action" element of MeXi-
cans in an effort to establish a social
istic commonwealth. a few weeks ago
there was an outburst, caused, accord
ing TO report. by the employment OF
Chinese in the place Of Mexican labor
ors by ranchers in Lower California
General Otis asserted at the time that
none were employed by him.
Suspected by Servant
The bomb reached The Bivouac. Gen
eral Ous's home, at IL o'clock this
morning. II was contained in small
package. five inches long, three inches
wide and two inches deep, wrapped IN
brown paper. With other mail 1t was
given bv the postman to the japanese
servant. He removed the wrapping pa
per before taking it to General OTIS
and told the general that he thought
there was something suspicious about
the package.
Z
in the Police Department, took the ma
chine 10 n field near the Los Angeles
River and there pried open the box
TJo found the matches fixed TO the in
side Of the cover in such a way that
II il were opened they would have
rubbed against pieces of sandpaper and
lguited some loose black powder, which
vould have fired scrap of fuse set in
detonating caps fixed in two sticks OF
50 per cent dynamite. The apparatus
was ingenious and deadly. The dyna-
mite. when tested. exploded, tearing a
great hole in The earth.
General otis said the motive va
unmls,akIble. 1T is merely another
attempt" he said, by dynamite mis-
creants TO accomplish what they failed
m do three years ago-namely, To
destroy life through cowardly.
stcalthv and deadly process. The in
spiratiou of the attempt IS plainly at
tributable 10 malice caused and em-
phasizcd by the former failure. | have
no fear that the leaders. cohorts and
a6herents of lawless organized labor
n never opposed lawfully organized
la hor or law observing union labor)
can subvert the spirit Of Industrial lib
erty which has SO strong hold upon
our citv. Los Angeles is industrially
free and with the aid Of her law abid-
ing and liberty loving citizens, under
the blessing OF God, she will remain
free