"Madame, are you Mrs. Olsen?" asked the lad.
"Yes, sir," answered the woman in good English. "Who are you?"
"My name is Rush. Your husband has brought me here, for what purpose I do not know."
"He says you are responsible for this terrible strike. Are you?"
"I am not. I have had no more to do with bringing it on than you. I did all I could to prevent it. Your husband is in error. The men have told him untruths about me. If your husband wishes to leave the union and go to work, I will see that he begins work to-morrow. Has he tried?"
"Yes, sir. He has been to the mine nearly every day, but they would not take him."
"Whom did you ask for work?" demanded Steve, turning to Olsen.
"Little captain, Red Rock."
"You mean Mr. Barton, mining captain of the Red Rock Mine?"
Olsen nodded.