The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05
Don Manuel Casin's Tug Ready
to Start From This
Port.
MAY SAIL THIS FORENOON.
Bound for Panama, but Will Call at
Acapulco to Take Don Antonio
Ezeta Aboard.

Don Manuel Casin, friend and hacker OF
Don Antonio Ezeta, and the man whom
e1-President Carlos Ezeta of Salvador does
not like, is about ready to have his char
tered tug, the Barclay Golden, steam ont
from Mission-street wharf 2. A partial
clearance was made at the Custom-house
yesterday, and the crew were signed with
Shipping Commissioner Gwin. The in.
tention is to leave this forenoon.
The identity of the passengers is still a
matter of conjecture. The names given
were: "E. ]. Thompson" George L..
Ryan" William Featherstone" and GA.
]. Gonzales" but, as was observed in the
office of the broker clearing the tug "These
may be fictitious names for all know.
We did not see any of them. Mr.. Greene
baum of the Pacific Marine Supply Com
pany simply brought the captain in and
introduced him."
The captain is A. P. Hansen, who has
reconsidered his intention not to go, the
argument of bigger salary having been
used to produce that effect. The crew
consists of: First Mate II. c. Spring. at $50
$50; Chief Engineer John Howell, at 500 ;
Assistant Engineer James Ferguson, at
$40; Fireman Matt Price, at $45; Fireman
John Fahey, at $45, and Jesa Yokohama
a japanese cook, at $35. Price, Fahey and
the Jap got an advance of SIS each, and
the pay of the engineer and his assistant
is to be made over to their wives when the
vessel has departed.
Captain Hansen is native of Goteborg,
Sweden, 50 years of age. He was natural
lied here twelve years ago and has followed
the sea since 1878.
Engineer Howell was the engineer of
the filibustering steamer Alexander, on
which Captain Alex Mclean made a re-
markable voyage. 1t was the Alexander
which was made famous by a report that
under Captain McLean's orders she had
fired on the United States cruiser
Mohican, and for a while Captain
Mclean was considered a sort OF
buccaneer. Captain Mclean may yet be
mixed up in the Casin expedition, for the
schooner Una, which sailed from Main
street few days ago, had him aboard as
passenger, and there is story at1oat that
some schooner, probably this one, is to
cooperate with Casin's tug at Acapulco in
the matter of getting arms and ammuni-
ton on the Salvadoran shore.
Second Mate Milander was formerly
captain of the schooner Elvina. On the
whole the crew may be said to be picked
one for the purpose.
The vessel will clear for Panama, ''via
Acapulco" Before going it will have to
.
it will not be able to touch at Acapulco to
take Don Antonio Ezeta aboard. The
scheme is to take him aboard there and go
on to Panama, if a landing on the Saliva
doran coast be not thought advisable, AS
Panama is free port the vessel will be at
liberty to do pretty much as she pleases
after reaching her avowed destination. 1t
is stated authoritatively enough that
Manuel Casin will be one of her passengers.
Enough provisions have been loaded on
the little tug to last twelve men whole
year. Ezeta has about fifty rifles at AGA
pulco. The Mexican Government seized
them some time ago, but returned them
try to take them out of the coun-
try. Ezeta, when he was leaving San
Francisco, said he would have arms
shipped down the coast after him, and
there are quite number of suspicious
shipments of hardware" on the mani
tests at the Custom house of some of the
southbound steamers which have left this
port during the past three months.
Mexican Consul Coney recently made an
inquiry at the Custom-house about the
shipment of a case of rifles on sailing
vessel bound for Mexico, but other than
that he has not thought it worth while to
trouble himself about Ezeta's opera bouffe
invasions and revolutions.
Casin's gratitude is due to Don Antonio's
interference once in his behalf against
Don Carlos Ezeta. Antonio's brother be-
came incensed at Casin and had him
thrown into jail. Don Antonio, as Vice
President OF Salvador and major-genera
OF the army, liberated Casin.