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Los Angeles Times building, after the bombing disaster on October 1, 1910
Photograph of the Los Angeles Times building, after the bombing disaster on October 1, 1910. The left section of the building is almost completely destroyed. Smoke can be seen rising from the destroyed section. Exhaust (or steam?) from a fire engine (lower left corner) rises into the air. People stand at a distance from the dilapidated building staring at a scene of scattered debris, blown out windows, and a partially disintegrated building. Long ladders used by firefighters are propped up against the section of the building that is still standing.; "From 1886 to 1917, Harrison Gray Otis was the owner and publisher of the Los Angeles Times. During that time the newspaper pursued a strong conservative viewpoint, and was militantly anti-union in its editorials and in its relationship with employees. On October 1, 1910, in the middle of a strike called to unionize the metal trades of the city, the Times building was dynamited. The south wall facing Broadway Street collapsed, causing the second floor to also collapse under the weight of its machines onto the first floor. The first floor then collapsed into the basement, destroying the heating plant and gas mains. The building, with many of its workers trapped inside, was soon an inferno. There was a loss of life of at least 20, and about the same number were injured, some of them permanently. In an unusual move the mayor hired a private investigator who was able to implicate a number of men in the bombing. These included Ortie McManigal, James B. McNamara, and his brother John J. McNamara (secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers). McManigal agreed to testify against the McNamara brothers. Organized labor, in turn, saw this as an all-out attack on the unions and labor in general. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, hired Clarence Darrow to defend the brothers. Darrow called them 'pawns in a vast industrial war.' By the time the trial began, however, Darrow had come to the conclusion that the brothers were guilty. Rather than fighting a hopeless battle, he persuaded the brothers to plead guilty.That decision stunned the city and infuriated the Gompers. James McNamara got a life sentence, while his brother received a sentence of 15 years. Two others, David Caplan and Matt A. Schmidt, were later implicated and received life sentences. The damage from the trial was to plague Clarence Darrow for the rest of his life." -- unknown author.
Call number: CHS-5728
Legacy record ID: chs-m3455; USC-1-1-1-3529
Filename: CHS-5728
Coverage date: 1910-10-01
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5728
Microfiche number: 1-2-66
Archival file: chs_Volume41/CHS-5728.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): buildings
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: 1910-10-01
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Los Angeles City -- Los Angeles Times disaster, 1910 and 1936
Format: glass plate negatives
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Geographic subject (roadway): Broadway & First Street
Subject (lcsh): Newspapers; Bombings
Subject: Los Angeles Times
Date (date created)
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/4408
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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