 Steck lost influence in the SP after the Käfigturm riots in Bern in 1893, as the party became much more radical.He served in the Grand Council once more, as a representative of the party from 1892-1894.Steck was married first to Anna Margaretha Manni, and then to Leonie Brodbeck (1859-1946), who was active in the Swiss women's labour movement.