The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-04

of the Pacific Marine Supply Company for
O trip to Acapulco, Mexico, where EXPIRES
ident Antonio Ezeta of Salvador is now
expectantly waiting, was without captain
last night.
Since Saturday night she has had six
captains altogether, the list being Donald
son, Green. Anderson, Reed, Peterson and
Hansen, and all have concluded that there
was too much risk about Manuel Casin's
expedition for the money that was in it to
them. Captain Peterson had been engaged
by the marine supply company Monday
afternoon, and it was thought that the
matter of a commander was definitely set
tied, but yesterday morning Captain Peter
son backed out and Captain Hansen sue
ceeded him. During the evening it was
learned that Captain Hansen had thought
better of his contract and preferred re-
naming as close to San Francisco as pos
sible.
Chief Engineer Scott also resigned yes
terday and h is assist ant, W. ?. Lindley,
was promoted to take his place. Lindlev
was formerly eng ineer of the steamer San
Juan. SCOTS explanat ion OF why he quit
was:
There's something crooked about this bust
ness and l don't like it. We are not sure about
getting our money either, for you see there are
four OF these Spanish-Americans going along
and they will probably be all armed and will
make US do just what they want and then we
may all be thrown into jail down in some OF
those countries.
If those fellows put a revolver up to a mans
head and order him to steam up, what is he
going to do but obey, whatever the authorities
down there may demand of us? No; don't
want the job. I've quit.
The Barclay Golden is taking on forty
tons of coal in sacks. This will be just
about enough to supply her as far as AGA
pulco. She has not signed her crew with
Shipping Commissioner Gwin yet, nor has
any attempt been made TO clear at the
Custom house. Clearance Clerk Craig
said yesterday that if a proper showing
can be made for her to the effect that her
object is legitimate one nothing can pre-
vent her from clearing, no matter what
may be her real mission or her ultimate
and after that she will have to satisfy the
Mexican authorities as to her business and
destination.
Manager Greenebaum said during the
afternoon that he expected her to make
start by Thursday at least. Her crew and
officers will number eight persons and she
has accommodations for six passen gers.
The Katie O'Neill was built at Coos Bay
in 1890 and registers twenty-five tons net
burden.
That the Central American Development
Company is an organization of Ezeta's
sympathiZers is proved by the Salvadoran
Consul, DR.. Eustoriio Calderon. He said
last night that Manuel Casin, Frederick
a. Woodwork and several others Of Santa
Barbara and the Ecuadoran Consul, A.
F. Bollin, were the organizers of the COM
pany. For about two months it had its
headquarters In the Mills building, in
room I5, on the seventh floor, and both its
name and that of Casn are still on the di-
rectory of the building as tenants of the
room, though it was learned at the office
that they ceased to be tenants some time
ago. The rent was generally paid by An
tonic EZeta' S secretary, Duryee. His sec
rotary is now with Ezeta at Acapulco.
But the circumstances that made DIR.
Calderon more suspicious than ever of the
Central American Development Company
was the fact that one OF the friends of the
Gutierrez regime mailed to him one of
Ezeta's proclamations, which had been
sent to supposed revolutionist in an en-
velope bearing the Central American De-
velopment Company's imprint.
All Casin's business of chartering the
tug has been done with Mr. Greenebaum
through a bank, said Mr.. Greenebaum-
the signing of the charter-party and
everything-and the charter money, he
added, with considerable satisfaction, had
already been paid. Mr.. Greenebaum OBJ
served in that connection that SO far as he
was personally concerned, it did not mat
ter much whether the tug went down the
coast or not.
Manuel Casin, according to the Saliva
doran Consul, returned to San Francisco
on October Is with the intention of bring
ing a big damage suit against the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company for failing to
carry Ezeta and himself to their destina-
ton, which then was the port of San Jose
de Guatemala. The captain of the steamer
City of Sydney put them both ashore at
Acapulco, and also the arms which they
had taken with them. Casin considered
that this was not fulfillment OF the COM