Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Hi.
March 12, 1887 Saturday

Gone to Work

The vagrants gathered in by the night watchman at 1:00 am
Tuesday morning, together with the three who escaped them
but were captured later, were brought before recorder Meads
Tuesday for trial. When asked why there was any reason why
sentence should not be passed upon them, the seven, through
their spokesman, stated that they had come up from Menominee
to obtain work on the Sault branch of the DSS&A but did not
to down to Sault Junction because of the strike. When they
heard Monday afternoon that the strike was over they went to
G. W. Rule's house to see if he could get work for them on
the line, but did not find him at home. They had no money so
they were forced to pass the night as best they could.

As they pleaded a desire to work the recorder called in Mr.
Rule, and finding from him that the men had called at the
house when he was not at home, on his assurance that he could
get them work at the Junction if they wanted it, recorder Mead
let them off and Mr. Rule sent them down the line on the noon
train rejoicing.