 Andrew Furuseth, who had joined the union on June 3, 1885 was elected to its highest office in January 1887.In 1889 he returned to sea but was reelected to the position of union secretary in 1891.It was during this term on July 29, 1891 that Furuseth merged the Coast Seamen's Union with the Steamship Sailor's Union with the new organization named the Sailors' Union of the Pacific.