Folkes v. Proceeds, Remnants & Surplus of General Geo. W. Goethals

INCH, District Judge.

These three petitioners, Folkes, McFarland, and Williams, were at one time seamen on the steamship Goethals. They had, on or about January 17, 1925, signed articles for a voyage and at a certain rate of wages, Folkes as third mate, McFarland as steward, and Williams as purser. That voyage took place and terminated at the port of New York, May 29, 1925. Thereupon the crew left the ship. Their wages, however, for certain period of the voyage, had not been paid.

Unfortunately the ambitious plans of the Black Cross Navigation & Trading Company, owners of the Goethals, had…