The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
Every Preparation Made in the
Most Mysterious
Manner.
FOUR GENERALS TO GO ALONG.
The Vessel Was Formerly the Katie
0'Neill, But Has Been Fitted
Up PurpoSely.

When the little tug Barclay Golden
makes an effort to clear for Acajutla she
will probably run afouI of the Federal
authorities. At the Custom-house it will
he asked what her mission is and what she
IS going TO take along.
The Barclay Golden has been chartered
by the Central American Development
Company, of which Manuel Casin is
president. General Casin is the right
hand man OF ex-President Antonio
Ezeta Of San Salvador, and General
Ezeta is now at Acapulco, Mexico,
waiting for General Casin and three
others of his revolutionary lieutenants to
come along in the tug Barclay Golden and
help him TO make a larding on the Saliva
doran coast. The ultimate destination
of the Barclay Golden is the port of La
Libertad If she can ever get that far.
1t has not been the easiest thing in the
world for General Casin TO carry his
scheme into execution. Some time
after Ezeta left this City for the land
OF his SalvadorenOs on board
Central American bound steamer, and
Casin returned. Ezeta never got any
FARTHER than Mexico, though Monkey"
Bustamente did, and the man of hun
dred fires. "Clenfuegos, as his admirers
called HIM. was promptly taken from the
steamer City of Sydney by the Salvador
ans. and was put into miserable little
Jail as preliminary TO having him shot.
Ezeta and Casin have been doing consid-
erable planning and plotting since then,
and the upshot OF it all is the formation
OF the Central American Development
Company and the chartering of the tug
Barclay Golden.
No money OF the recreant brother OF
Ezeta has been put into this venture.
Carlos, the wrecker of Salvadoran
finances, Is living IN Paris France, in very
comfortable style and is not worrying
himself much about Central American af-
fairs. Carlos and Antonio are not amigos
buenos. and do not cable to each other
the friendly salutation spelled Como esta
usted." but pronounced with lisp.
Everything might have run along
smoothly enough, though, as it was with
out Carlos EZeta's help, because Casin has
some money OF his own and was liberal
enodgh 70 defFav all Antonfo's expenses
when the latter was in this City issuing
proclamauons TO his sympathizers down
the coast. 4 hotel bill and steam boat fare
came out OF Casin's pocket, and even the
price OF a generals full uniform was COW
cred by him.
But the trouble with the little expedition
now in contemplation is that the officers
and crew OF the tug became fearful of evil
and there have been four captains in as
many days.
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end OF the coal bunkers OF John RoSenfeld
d Sons. a. Mission wharf No. 3. She was
formerly the tug Katie O'Neill. Captain
O'NeiL. who christened her after the name
of his daughter, did not find her a
profitable craft Finally she drifted into
the hands Of the Pacific Marine
Supply Company. She was up at
Eureka for some time, but q little while
ago Captain Donaldson brought her down
from Coos Bay with a carge OF coal. She
is now taking on coal, and from all ap-
rearances will not load much OF anything
else. but her passengers are to be four
Central Americans, who occasionally come
over from Oakland and take a look at her.
Besides these passengers she Is 10 take
their baggage. What the trunks and pack
ing boxes are to contain is as yet matter
Of conjecture. General CaSin mas Deen
making Oakland his headquarters.
The trouble with the officers and crew
has been that the four Central Americans
have acted so mysteriously and always
communicated in Spanish. Fears OF a
fiIibustering expedition of some kind were
the logical effect, in the heads Of the naVi-
gators, OF the mystifying demeanor OF
the men who had chartered the tug.
That General Casin, as president of the
Central American Development Company
had chartered the tug was stated last night
by Alfred Greenebaum, the manager of
the Pacific Marine Supply Company.
CaDtain Donaldson was the first to yield
TO his impressions. Last Saturday night
he gave up the command OF the vessel and
was succeeded by Captain Green. Soon
Green backed out and Captain Morley was
engaged. His term Of service was very
brief and up to date her commander IS
Captain John Peterson. Captain Peter
son handled the wheel once before when
the boat was the Katie O'Neill.
The intention had been all along to start
Yesterday. but, what with the trouble OF
securing captain who would be willing to
run some risk on a moderate masters
salary and the time required for some
needed alterations and repairs to the boat.
her departure has been thus far DELAYED
and it is not yet definitely settled when
she Will sail.
The tug has been pretty well fixed up.
She has new wheelbouse, at least it looks
new with Its coat of white paint, and new
boilers are being put into her. She has
also a new shoe. Those who are able to
give information say that she is going
down TO San Salvador to embark in the
business of towing lighters for the Central
American Development Company, but this
avowed object in view did not assure Cap
tain Donaldson. and when he turned over
they keys to Captain Green his reason for
dong go was that "the arrangements did
not suit him."
About the best speed the little tug has
been known to make is thirteen knots an
hour She can stand good sea and all
kinds of weather. Fer quite while the
Katie O'Neill lay at Main-street wharf
waiting for job. 1t came and with 1t
complete overhauling-a new name, and
masters that describe the weather in
different tongue and with more music and
less emphasis than she has been accus-
toned to.
The programme is for the four Central
American generals to board her when they
get ready, sail for San Salvador if the Gus
toms officers can be satisfied to clear her,
stop at Acapulco on the way, and after
that-well, they know that best, but "tog-
ing lighters is their story. She will sail
under the American flag.
There are waterfront stories to the effect
that the first thing she will do upon ar