Bernuth, Lembecke Company, Inc., of the S.S. 'O. M. Bernuth' v. Arthur H. Sergeant

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty wherein libellants, seamen on the S.S. O. M. Ber-nuth, seek recovery of an additional month’s wages under 46 U.S.C.A. § 594. 1 On May 15, 1953, while the vessel was at San Francisco, libellants signed Shipping Articles which, in pertinent part, provided;

“It is agreed between the Master and seamen * * * of the Steamship O. M. Bernuth * * * now bound from the port of San Francisco, California, on a tramp voyage to a port or ports on the East Coast of the United States, either direct or via Pacific Coast Ports, Mexican Ports, Ports in the Gulf…