British Merchant Seamen in San Francisco, 1892-1898E. Arnold, 1899 - 206 pàgines |
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Pàgina 20
... ship- owners , tradesmen of all kinds never growl ? Do they possess the happy secret ? We trow not . Wheat rises and falls , and so do freights . Trade is good one year , and bad the next . If we could cast a glance at all the different ...
... ship- owners , tradesmen of all kinds never growl ? Do they possess the happy secret ? We trow not . Wheat rises and falls , and so do freights . Trade is good one year , and bad the next . If we could cast a glance at all the different ...
Pàgina 29
... shipowners who will be content to supply their ships only with the old scale of the Board of Trade , commonly called the ' bare whack , ' which will insure the discontent and misery of every man and boy on those particular ships ...
... shipowners who will be content to supply their ships only with the old scale of the Board of Trade , commonly called the ' bare whack , ' which will insure the discontent and misery of every man and boy on those particular ships ...
Pàgina 55
... shipping - masters , boarding- masters , tailors , and others also , to keep shipowners , etc. , under the impression that seamen are a set of drunken blackguards . The only way to deal with them , it is often maintained , is to give ...
... shipping - masters , boarding- masters , tailors , and others also , to keep shipowners , etc. , under the impression that seamen are a set of drunken blackguards . The only way to deal with them , it is often maintained , is to give ...
Pàgina 57
... A large number of men deserted , as usual , and when the rest went to ' lay up ' with the ships , and it became clear to the shipowners that they would have to remain there for some months , they TAILORS AND POCKET - MONEY 57.
... A large number of men deserted , as usual , and when the rest went to ' lay up ' with the ships , and it became clear to the shipowners that they would have to remain there for some months , they TAILORS AND POCKET - MONEY 57.
Pàgina 58
... shipowners ' interest to keep men for months on ships earning wages , whilst the ship was doing nothing and consequently earn- ing nothing ; and about two hundred men . agreed to take their wages , minus usually one or two months ' pay ...
... shipowners ' interest to keep men for months on ships earning wages , whilst the ship was doing nothing and consequently earn- ing nothing ; and about two hundred men . agreed to take their wages , minus usually one or two months ' pay ...
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