New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
STILL UNPUBLISHED.

Speaking upon this point. George Wurner,
representing the organization OF the slocun
Survivors, said that his organization was in
sisting that societies about 10 give excursions
should not he allowed to print sell more
tickets than the number of passengers allowed
by law upon the boat TO be chartered He SAYS
that many societies viii sell tickets so long as
people viii buy them. and that the society and
officers Of the boat arrange the matter. some
how. 70 carry all who present tickets. He said
that his organization was forming a committee
Of a hundred influential men 10 work next fall
70 elect the kind Of legislators who Will secure
reforms.
Charles Dersch. president Of the organization,
who represented 1t at the Board OF Trade con-
ference says that ii is practically impossible To-
get a conviction in the case where the officer Of
an excursion steamer has been at fault
Three years have elapsed since the SIocurn
disaster. when Mr. Wunner and myself lost our
wives and daughters. and nothing has been done
to punish any offender instrumental In that tre-
mendous loss Of life Captain Won Shaick who
was convicted in March. 1906. and sentenced TO
serve ten years at hard labor. Is free: has mar
ried a young wife. and is living happily UP the
state There are happy homes for US This
man refused 10 stop and land his passengers.
although the fire department turned in two
alarms. boats Of all sorts tried 10 stop him. and
ming mile and half with his boat in flames
and passengers burning 70 death without help
from any source. Had any of the boats that ran
in his path 10 stop him been allowed to take or
his passengers they would have received for
every passenger saved or everybody picked up
a salvage OF from SIS 70 500.
II understand he never blew his danger
whistle. which would have called other boats to
his assistance, nor would he stop when efforts
made from shore and sea 10 make him do
He and his crew saved themselves; only
o% rhe yr-aS S1ip hurt Vaf
man is free and prosperous, while 1,O31 families
have lost their main supports through his act
Nothing whatever has been done for those fam
lilies In three years, not one OF them has re-
ceved a dollar from any source Everything
on board the SlOCum was shown 70 have BEEN
rotten
Henry ". I.undberg. the inspector whose IL
CeuSe was revoked because of his false report
upon the condition OF the SloCum was shown to
have been inexperienced and not TT TO inSpecE
a boat He is running boat on the East River
now, while survivors of the SlOcum are Hvtnsl
lives Of MANNED agony. I am told that a power-i
ful marine organization here has declared thar
il viii see 70 II that Captain Won Schaicss
is never punished We of the Slocum Organiza-
ton are banded together TO prevent anotheH
such catastrophe as happened TO the Slocum-
We have worked 10 this end Tor three years.
going TO Albany and 10 Washington TO secura
better marine legislation and doing everything
possible toward this end In 1906 and 1SoE
some Of the marine laws have been amended anoN
new ones have been made, whether through our
efforts not. / cannot say.
There are, for the second district. which en-
braces New York HarbOr and covers a very,
large territory, twenty-Seven inspectors on hullS
and twenty-seven on boilers. who also re-
ouired TO inspect everything else appertaininx
to a vessel They receive small salaries.