The Slingsby

THOMAS, District Judge.

The libelant, in the employ of the

stevedores discharging the steamship Slingsby, was aiding in re*228arranging the rigging and tackle used in connection with the derrick for hoisting cargo, when his hand was drawn into a block, whereby he received the injuries herein involved. The winch had been stopped while this work was in progress, and was, as libelant alleges, started without orders, through the negligence of the winch-man, who was the servant of the ship. The preponderance of evidence shows that the winch was negligently started, in the absence-of an order so to do.…