The San Francisco call., 1904-11-18
landing of every passenger and mem.
Der Of the crew
TALKS ABOUT LANDsMEN.
Furuseth Goes After Committee and
Has Tilt With Member.

1t would be well, said Furuseth. IF
the international Marine Workers AS
sociation of the United States and it's
officers had consulted with the sailors
with the men who go to sea: or it
might have been well, perhaps. if they
had left maritime matters TO men who
follow the sea- These resolutions are
10 seamen a most surprising thing-so
surprising that they could not by any
any one but a landsman." Continuing.
he said:
They come here and are asking for something
That puts premium upon the sending OF IN
seaworthy vessels 10 sea overmanned and over
loaded so that they can collect their full
amount OF insurance from the insurance COM
panies Why that very thing has been fought
by the seamen from thirty-five forty years
ana any man that ever opened his mouth IN
Great Britain or elsewhere on behalf OF sea-
men, and knew anything about seamen has
insisted in season and out or season that that
Is the worst thing that a seaman has to suffer
throughout the entire worN-
Then we are 70 be placed under the jurisdic-
zion Of State Commerce Commission. Now. l
VIII tell you where we will be We are under
the jurisdiction Of the United States Court
now. when we are on the sea and when we are
in port we under the Jurisdiction of the
state courts because when you on the one
side Of the dock you are under the police ju-
rsdlcton OF the state; when We are at sea we
are under the jurisdiction OF the United states
Court Now, then. We are TO have. in addition
70 that the Jurisdiction Of State Commerce
commission Here are men claiming TO repre-
sent seamen assuming TO represent seamen.
and they have come into this convention and
asked for the adoption Of such unutterable rot
as this.
These remarks struck fire and Keefe
came back with the following in part:
The resolution referred to By the authority
on maritime law was introduced by a seaman
who has been employed a seaman for at
least twenty years The matter was referred
10 a committee Of maritime workers who
might in a term be considered seamen. This
bugaboo Of only one individual understanding
anything about the maritime law OF usages
has been trOtted out before this convention for
q great number Of years 1 want to say to
my friends that we have more maritime work
ers aboard OF the boats on the Great Lakes
than are belonging TO their association. That
goes without contradiction because have
got the figures to prove it,
We have all the marine hremen and oilers
and others who a part Of the so-called
seamen in the term referred to by our friend
Certainly they have some knowledge of the
seafaTing business. l don't know whether
they have ever consulted our friend Or not as
TO what term or what particular construction
ought 70 be put on any resolution but l do
know that the resolution was submitted to our
convention by a man who had twenty years
experience as g seaman; and the resolution
was referred 10 a committee largely com
posed OF maritime workers, known as under
the term OF our friend here seamen
II was after due and careful deliberation
that they recommended the adoption of that
resolution by the convention. And in present
lnS X mere We are presenting their views
their ideas their experience az seamen as a
safeguard against the loss OF life TO those eu-
plOyed aboard ship
Some Of the associations who are defendin1
the laws as they have stood for twenty years
have made very little progress in the way OF
SIX or seven years. Others who claim no
knowledge Of the laws have increased their
membership hundredfod Therefore Mr.
chairman, as a landsman, I hope the report or
the committee will be adopted