McKenna v. The Shawnee

The libelants at the port of Detroit on the 13th day of November, 1890, shipped as seamen on board the schooner Shawnee on a voyage to Huron, Ohio, for cargo, and thence to the port of Milwaukee, at the stated wages of $2.50 per day and fare home. On receiving cargo the Shawnee proceeded on her voyage in tow of the steamer Spinner, with the Godfrey in tow astern of the Shawnee. The vessels arrived off Mackinac on the 22d of November, and on account of a heavy head-wind came to anchor. The Shawnee cast her large anchor and took in her tow-line from the Spinner, the Godfrey still hanging on to…