 On Saturdays, instead of going to a music hall, the patrons of one saloon would fight the patrons of a different saloon in a roped-off area. After the fights, the victors would buy the losers a nickel beer in their saloon. As the owners of the Union boarding house, which included a saloon, Frank provided beds, drinks, and jobs for hundreds of workers at the Union ironworks and Pacific rolling mills. In exchange, they gave them their money and votes.