The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-30
THE DYNAMI TERS
AND THE DESTRUCTION THEY
VISIT UPON THE NORTH
ERN PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD.

not Paid are Dynamiting
Railroad Bridges
Other News.
Helena, M ,nt., Sept. 27.-There
was startling new developments in
the $50. 900 Northern Pacific idyna-
mite plot today, in that it became
known that Thomas Travis, Chief
OF Police of this city, has received
an ultimatum from the conspira-
tors ordering the immediate relief
of two men who are confined in the
city Jail on the charge of having at
tempted to odynamite the North
ern Pacific bridge at Livingston, a
few days after the frstS ultimatum
Nas delivered to the railroad com
pany.
The city officials have a strong
case connecting these men with the
crime, although the evidence is
principally circumstantisl. The
notice received by the Helena po-
lice is to the effect that if the men
are not released by Monday noon
the jail will be blown up with dy-
inmate. This letter is said to have
the same origin as those sent to the
Northern Pacific demanding $500
90 or otherwise it would be put out
of business in Montana.
All of the letters sent to the rail-
road company were mailed at teither
Helena or Butte, and the one recei-
we'd by Chief Travis is postmarked
at Helena. 1t was learned today
that the Northern Pacific was given
until October 4sh next to comply
with the demands of the conspira-
tors.
Another gang Of men left here
today to search for the ton of dyna-
mite stolen from local warehouse
week ago. Owing to lis danger
GUS nature it is not thought the
thieves carried it very great dis
tance, and that it is proving their
sourcs of supply for the various
outrages against the railroad {
| property admits OF no doubt.
Helena, Mont, Sept 27.-It has
developed tnat the recent attempts
to dynamite bridges aud track on
the line of the Northern Pacific
between Livingston and Missoula
are in futherance of a plot to force
the railway company to pay $500
% for immunity from the outrages.
In August last the company re-
ceibed a letter demanding $3.50
and it was thfeatsned that if the
terms proposed 10 were not agreed
TO dynamite would be ussd on the
line, No attention Was paid to the
demand, and snortly afterward the
railroad bridge at, Livingstone was
partially wrecked by dynamite,
and few nights aftarward another
stick of dynamite was exploded
near Bozeman under the passing
train,
Other letters followed and, the
dynamiters proposed that the COM
pany pay $4,000 and<if it acceded
TO the demand it was to carry a
white flag on engines carrying
trains and September ~ was to
run light engine from Butte to
Missoula, and at point of the road
it was to stop on signal, and an
agent of the company was to pay
over the money.
The company, hoping to catch
the men, put out the white flags
and on the night agreed upon ran
the light engine pulling two cars.
One was filled with arm ed sheriffs
and deputies and the other con
tanned horses and bIoodhonnds, The
run was made from Butte to Mis-.
soula, but there was no signal, and
it was thought the men had been
scared off.
Soon after the letters began to
arrive again, the dynamiters max
ing the same demand and telling
the railroad if it agreed to the terms
I'd put the flag on the engines.
This the railroad company has
done and ia the past two weeks
there have been four attempts to
damage the line by theuse of dyna-
unite.
Oneof the attempts to blow up
the train took place in the railroad
yards in the city last Monday
night. This was followed a few
nights later by explosions on the
track near Elliston and Blossburg.
Within the past ten days powder