Bjolstad

This is an action brought by libelant', as administrator of the estate of Halfdan Hansen, deceased, for damages resulting from the death of his intestate, and in behalf of the widow and children, the sole heirs of such intestate.

The respondent Pacific Coast Company is a New Jersey corporation, *693 and owner of the steamship President, with her home port at New York, but under temporary register at San Francisco, and plying between points on this coast. The respondent Pacific Coast Steamship Company is a California corporation, averred to be the agent of the Pacific Coast Company in managing said vessel. The death of libel-ant’s intestate is averred to have been occasioned by the negligence of respondents in not providing proper and suitable appliances, and in the manner by which certain work was ordered done on the said steamer, whereby libelant’s intestate, a member of her crew, was drowned.

On tiie filing of the libel, mesne process was ordered to issue in accordance with admiralty rule 2, in the nature of a foreign attachment, directing' the marshal to warn the said respondent Pacific Coast -Company, if it shall be found in this district, to appear before the court on a day…