Brother where art thou?

Here is an interesting bit of information.

Since I am going forwad with Iwan Maniszew, I thought I would seek his brother as stated on the Campanello passenger list.

On September 13, 1912 on the ship Saxonia from Liverpool to New York, was a passenger named Afanasy Mameszew. He was 39, male, occupation listed as agriculture, could read and write and had a wife, Zefinija (?) Mameszew in Ljatowce, Russia. He had $225 in his pocket and was headed to Peabody, Massachusetts to see his brother, John Mamiszew.

My mother says that Grandpa received a letter from his brother warning him that if he returned to Russia he would be arrested. I am thinking it is more likely he got a letter from within the United States than one from the Ukraine. If his brother came over 2 years later, he would have information on what was going on at home.