Its leader was Dr. Aleksander Majkowski, already a well-known Kashubian writer[2] and author of The Life and Adventures of Remus.
Other influential members of the association were the attorney Jan Karnowski and two Roman Catholic priests, Leon Heyke and Józef Wrycza.
In the words of the scholar Jozef Borzyszkowski:[4] As the continuers of both Ceynowa’s and Derdowski’s ideas, the Young-Kashubs created a movement which could be called Kashubian-Pomeranian.
[5] Such a belief conflicted with the position expressed by Florian Ceynowa and others that Kashubia was better associated with the pan-Slavic movement than with Poland.
They criticized the increasing superstition and drunkenness among Kashubians, which is shown inter alia in Majkowski's satirical epic poem Jak w Koscérznie kòscelnégò òbrelë abò piãc kawalerów a jednô jedinô brutka ("How they chose the Sacristan at Koscierzyna, or Five bridegrooms and only one bride," 1899) and in Jan Karnowski's volume of poetry, Nowotne spiewë i wiersze ("New Songs and Poems," 1910).