The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-23
SERIOUS RIOT IS
FEARED IN CANADA.
Men Accused of Dynamiiing the
Wcliand Canal Lock
Are in Jail.
RESCUE MAY BE ATTEMPTED.
Troops Are Called Out at Clifton,
Ont.-Four Hundred Buffalo
lIIain ShovelcrS Said To
Be Involved.

Buffalo. y. Y. April PA Niagara Fails
special to the Express says:
Chief Youngs. of the dominion Police, his
force of half a dozen regular policemen, and
eio armed deputies. are guarding the Jail
"a: Clifton. Ontario where confined the
three men charged with blowing up lock
No a at Thorold. Ontario. last evening.
The extraordinary precautions taken for
the guarding of the men is the result of
rumor that reached Chief Youngs this after
noon. to the effect that 40 Buffalo grain
shoveers were on their way here to liberate
the prisoners. The militia OF the district.
the Forty-fourth Battalion. has been
warned for service. and can be modified
at Clifton at short notice.
Last night 1t was thought the men who
blew up tha lock were Roer sympathizers
To-day the opinion has changed. 1t Is now
the belief of many persons In clifton ana
nearby Canadian villages that the dyna-
miters agents for Buffalo grain SHOW
clcrs and 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 Colborrc to
Montreal. With the canal closed. 1t Is
argued the scoupers Of Buffalo might have
more work than they would have with the
canal open. This line of reasoning. aided
by rumors of an impending invasion of
scoopers from Buffalo. resulted in the heroic
measures taken by Chief Youngs.
Raid Organized.
1t was said in Clifton tonight thst the
grain handlers %: Buffalo had organized for
the raid and that they would reach the
Canadian town tonight. Not knowing
what to expect after such unusual thing
as the assault on the lock yesterday, the
authorities determined TO take no chances.
1t is believed that the force at hand will
he able Ia repel any party that may at
tempt to release the men from jail. Jrat
such an attempt will be made is not gen
orally credited.
To-day Chief Youncs brought from
ThoTold To Clifton two men who positively
identified the three men in jail as tine '"en
who were seen around tn. lock and who
Were seen to run away from the vicinity of
the lock after the explosion. The men who
identified the prisoners are In the employ
of the Dominion Canal Department but
their names not made public.
They admit that they saw the three pris-
Oners at the lock more or less yesterday
afternoon. but say they had no idea the
men were bent on mischief. Immediately
after the explosion the two canal men saw
three men run away from the lock They
called Mayor Wilson Of Thorpld, Constable
Clark and the Mayor took horse and bug
gy and started after the trio. The trial of
the men was struck Il short distance out
OF Thorold. and they We're followed half
way 10 Clifton. Then the Mayor aud Con-
stable stopped and telephorsd TO Chief
Yours.s AT Clifton who caused the arrest OF
the fuEitivcS.
The Suspects.
The men were armed with revolvers, but
they made no attempt to use them. Walsh
and Nolan. two of the men. had been
around the Cuuadian side Of the river for
several days. The third man. name I'M
known. had a room in Clifton. and fire.
quentiy met the other two. who came across
the river. The unknown is believed .o be
tn. leader of the gang. fIe IS about 10 years
OF age. weighs 80 pounds. is ; feet 10 inches
tall and has smooth face.
To-day the nsthod of procedure Of the
dynami,ers was learned in full. The men
made several sticks of dynamite into two
bundles. These bundles they suspended by
ropes at points about half way tn IN. bot
tom of the lock n; tho middle half way
from gate to gate. Wires We're found .fter
the explosion that lead To the belief that
the dynamite was exploded by electricity.
The men are believed to have carried the
batteries away with them ana TO have dis
posed of them during the fight. As large
quantities Of grain pass over the steel
arched bridge of the Grand Trunk, IL is
said the men would have blown it ZIP if
they had been able to escape arrest AT Tro-
rold.
The prisoner. John Nolan. says he is
mechanic from Philadelphia. The prisoner
John Walsh, says he is bartender from
Washington. D. c.
A Niagara Falls. ontario. special says
that Mayor Slater. with two other masis-
trates. have made i demand for i detach-
ment of No. Company. Fortyfourth bat
TALON, 10 guard the Jail. the ground that
the police would be pnwcrless. captain
Nandersluys AT once called out dstsch-
ment of twenty men. under a Sergeant.
who were put on guard. They were served
with ten rounds of ammunition each, ana
are now doing guard duty al tie jail Win
fixed bayonets.