The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-23

BUFFALO, N. Y. April PA Niagara
Falls special to the Express says.
Chief Youngs, OF the dominion police,
has force OF a dozen regular policemen,
800 armed deputies and twenty mlitiamen
guarding the jail at Clifton, Ont, where
are confined the three men charged with
blowing up lock No. "a, at Thirold. Ont.
last evening.
The extraordinary precautions taken for
the guarding OF the men is the result of
a rumor to the effect that 400 Buffalo
grain shoveiers were on their way here
to Eberate the prisoners. The militia of
the district. the Forty-fourth battalion.
was warned for service. Later Mayor
Slater. with two other magistrates. made
a demand for detachment of the bat
TALON to guard the Jail, on the ground
that the police would be powerless.
Buffalo Grain shoveIcrs Charged.
Capt. vandersluys at once called out
detachment OF twenty men, under SER
geant They were served with ten rounds
of ammunition each. and are now doing
guard duty at the Jail. Last night 1t was
thought the men who blew up the lock
were Boer sympathzers. Today the opin-
ion has changed II is now believed the
dynamiters were agents for the Buffalo
grain shovelers, who sought to blow up
the lock- for the purpose OF disabling the
Weiland canal. thereby preventing the
passage OF grain through the canal from
Port Colborne TO Montreal With the
canal closed. II Is argued, the scoopers OF
Buffalo might have more work than they
would have with the canal open.
Police Take Precautions.
IT was said in Clifton tonight that the
grain handlers OF Bunalo had organized
for the raid and that they would reach the
Canadian town tonight. Not knowing
what to expect after such an unusual
thing as the assault on the lock yester-
day, the authorities determined TO take no
chances. 1t is believed that the force at
hand win be able to repel any party that
may attempt TO release the men from jail.
That such an attempt will be made Is not
generally credited.
The Men Arrested.
Today Chief Young brought from Tho
rold to Clifton two men who positively
Identified the three men In Jail as the men
who were seen to run away from the Vi
cinity of the lock- after the explosion. The
men were arrested between Thoroid and
Clifton. They were armed. but made no
attempt to shoot. Two OF ths men, Walsh
and Nelson. had been around the Canadian
side OF the river for several days. The
third man, name unknown. had room In
Clifton and frequently met the other two.
who came across the river. Nelson says
no Is mechanic from Philadelphia.
Walsh says he Is a bartender from Wash
ington. ID. c.
How the Lock Was Destroyed.
Today the method OF procedure OF the
dynamiters was learned in fun. The men
made several sticks OF dynamite into two
bundles. These bundles they suspended
by ropes at points about half way TO tho
bottom at the middle. halt way from the
gate Wires were found after the explo-
sion that lead to the belief that the dyna-
mite was exploded by electricity. The men
are believed to have carried the batteries
away with them and 10 have disposed of
them during the fight As large quanti-
ties Of grain pass over the steel arched
bridge Of the Grand Trunk. It is said the
men would have blown Il up II they had
been able 10 escape arrest.