"I have."
"Well, you are a wonder. Tell me about it."
"They are trying to unionize the mines."
"You don't say! Who is trying to do it?"
"Cavard is at the bottom of the whole business, I believe. He has with him the president of the Central Iron Miners' Association and they are putting up this job together, though I believe the Duke is the real man."
"So that's the game, is it?"
"It is."
"How did you chance to learn all this?"
Steve related what had occurred in the reading room of the hotel, telling his companion how he had been lured to Driscold's room on the pretext of looking over some samples of ore, and where they were soon joined by the Duke.
"What did they want of you?" questioned Jarvis.