Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-08
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marshal, subjects herself 10 seizure at any
time or place.
The Marshal Heard From.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, May s,-Spencer, the
deputy marshal on board the Etata when
she left port, has returned 20 the city He
was put of the vessel at Ballast Point and
Immediately returned here
Il was the general expectation here that
the Etata would slip away at the first
chance, but the opportunity presented
itself sooner than WAS looked for. Late in
the afternoon the rumor got around that
she was preparing to leave the harbor, and
the absence Of any crew from the streets
added weight TO the story. At o'clock
the captains gig, which had been lying at
the foot of II street, pulled OIL for the vessel
with six men aboard and as soon As the
boat was hoisted TO the deck the Etata
weighed her anchor and steamed down the
stream
She was Wen Armed.
Another deputy marshal who had been
placed on a small boat at the entrance to.
the harbor TO watch for developments re-
ported that when the Etata started out Pi-
lot Dill was snndwiched between two
armed Chilians while four cannon guard
ed both bow and stern. He reports that at
| least eighty Chilians were drawn up in
| line on abe decks, showing that while the
vessel was in port she was plQAtifully sup
/ piled with men, arms aud ammunition.
| While here she displayed only one small
| cannon and a crew O. about sixty I-~.eenns =,
| Pursuit Of the Robert and Ennia.
The most surprised party OF all was Mar
| shal Gar himself In fact, so little did he
dream OF any such thlng that he left for
| Point Iona in the launch Tia Juana just
| one hour ahead Of the big steamer and had
/ passed the point and proceeded some dis
tance out TO sea before he could have been
aware that the Etata was following him.
The pursuit of the Robert and Minnie
was by instructions from Washington that
he had authority to take the Robert and
/ Minnie on the high seas under neutrality
aud piracy laws Marshal Gard and party
left for Coronado Islands, where the Robert
and Minnie was last seen on Tuesday
Just outside q sail appeared, which the
| tug made for. As soon as her master saw
i the Tia Juana he put about and ran south
in order, IL was supposed, TO get into Mexi-
can waters before he was overhauled. The
meeting place Of the schooner and tug was
two and a half miles south Of the inter
national lines, about fifteen miles south
west Of Point Iona.
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The Tia Juana passing to windward Of
the other vessel Marshal Gard and lis
i companions had an excellent chance of
closely observing her. On her stern were
the words Robert and Minnie, San Fran-
cisco The schooner was so heavily laden
| that she made but slow progress There
were but four Of her crew visible, and
| these watched the movements of the tug
through a glass. The schooner being ia
| Mexican waters Marshal Gard returned TO
port to telegraph for instructions.
There has never been any doubt in the
minds OF well informed persons here that
the ammunition which the Robert and
| Minnie carried was intended for the CuilisD
i transport, aud that Il would be transferred
to the hold Of the Etata for use by tue in
surgents as soon as the big steamer
tanned what supplies she needed in poft-
II Is known that communications passed
between Captain Ferrall of the schooner,
and Captain Mauzeum, OF the Etata, bueh
while the Robert and Minnie was at
| Catalina and since her arrival of this har-
Dor. The Chilians laid their plans well,
and they were carried out to the letter, re-
| gardless Of the interference of the United
States.
The Imperiale May Have Her.
1t is said that the steamer seen lowering
around the entrance to San Diego was the
armed transport Imperiale, now in possess
sion Of the Gillian government. She left
Valparaiso to intercept the Etata on heE
return voyage to Iquique. The Imperiale
is a vessel of $500 tons and is said to be
capable Of steaming sixteen miles per
hour II this is true the Etata has only
jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
for she viii be captured by the Imperiale-
England to Blame.
Senor Casanova, former Chilian consul
said: 1t will be found that British money
is thu mainstay Of insurgents against our
government. The British want to obtain
control Of the nitrate deposits, and Pres
ident Balmaceda wishes them to be worked
for the benefit Of the Gillian governments