The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-05-23

There will be a little delay in getting
the gangs together. Just as soon as
they can be gathered together they
will start.
The militia will leave the wharves
this afternoon. BY one o'clock bayon-
cts were sheated and sentry go was a
formality. BY six there will not be
rifle on the wharves.
And the soldiers are glad, just as
glad as the strikers and shippers and
public that the three weeks fight is
over.
The final meeting today had been
called for o'clock, but on account of
some delay in getting copy Of the
terms from Sir Thomas Shaughnessy,
it was not called to order until 10
O'clock when. Mr.. O'Neill and the other
members of the committee arrived. BY
that time the great hall was filled. The
terms had to be presented to the ship
ping men for ratification at 1890, SO
there was no time for words. Not
speech was made. President Charron
raped on the table and called for
silence. Then Mr.. O'Neill arose and
read the agreement in English. Mi.
Monmarquette repeated it in French. :.
Does this meet with your APPROVAL?
cried Mr.. O'Neill. 1T does;" "C'est,
correct went up with one unanimous
shout from three thousand throats The
thing was done.
Mr.. O'Neill hurried from the build
ing, followed by the rest of the COM
mittee, to meet the shipping men, in the
Board Of Trade. while the rest of the
'longshoremen gradually dispersed
with the satisfied feeling that they
would be going back to work tomor-
row morning, and that all the hard
ships involved in the strike were over.
The whole proceedings had not lasted
Is minutes.
Mr.. Robert Bickerdike, M. F., will
take the agreement to Ottawa this af
ternoon. Mr.. James Carruthers, pres
ident Of the Corn Exchange, said: 1T
| was not settled a. minute too soon."
Now that the great strike is over, it
is interesting to note what a variety Of
| men have been forced to the front by
the war of contending interests, men
some Of them, little heard of before;
| men, most of them, to whom the peo-
pie of Montreal would scarcely have
! looked as the prime agents In a great
| disturbance. The strike-makers were
| all unheard of three weeks ago, but in
| the past ten days some of them have
shown themselves to be men quite be-
yond the. ordinary. The strike break
ers have among their number one or
| more men whose qualities, called forth
| in these difficult circumstances, have
been revelation to everybody. The
| pacificators have shown themselves
men of much beyond the common abil
! ity.
The most interesting personality
| among the strike breakers was that of
| Mr.. w. I. Gear. Wherever he was the
| fur flew. wherever there's Kellys
there trout ble,,";, III BE song says, but L.
se3aaEeouId nIs Keifys.
I EWeryhody who 1s fond of parallelsSput
| him down as the intellectual twin OF
president Baer Of coal strike memory
If the shipowners' case had to be stated
| Mr.. Gear stated, it, and he never minced
I'matters. The men understood what he
had to say perfectly, and were never in
doubt about what he meant. The more
! they called for "recognition," the more
| emphatically he would affirm that
there should be no recognition. 1t may
! be said that while he dominated his
colleagues, he was also an effective aid
to the strike leaders, so much did his
uncompromising attitude tend to stiff
fen the resolution of the men. You
would hear the men speak in the kind
Hest terms of the Messrs. Allan, but
Mr.. Gear they regarded as both ends
| and the middle Of the opposition.
OF the strike-nakers, O'Neill was the
most striking personality. Only a
3I<Nar
would say, could stand the physical
strain he went through. Only mar
with the instincts Of generalship coulG
play the part he played. He is a Cana
dian. born and raised at Buckingham
Quebec, and, like many another, was
attracted to the American West years
ago, where he rose in the ranks of hi.
| labor organization. He was on a visit
to his mother when the trouble arose
last winter, and he was sent for by tht
local union, to become their bushes.
agent. He has been vigorously describ.
ed of late, but perhaps the best de.
scription was contained in the remark
made by two prominent shipping me1
week ago Sunday, that it was a pit,
they had not met him long ago. H,
knows the essentials of conflict, ant
showed a sure instinct as to what tn,
men would do and what they woul<
, not do. They seemed to trust hin
absolutely, and the odd fact was tina
he never seemed to care whether the,
did or not. If there was actual bust
ness on he. would he off like shot
away from them all. He had men a
several points, SO that he could Away
issue an order while seemingly onl.
walking from point to point. After
big meeting he was always the frs
, man out. He was moderate in argu
ment, but when, latterly, the vita
question OF whether the men woul
get their places back was in doubt, h
was like d. rock. His endurance is ex
traordinary. A few hours sleep a da
!. was all he got. He knew eYerythin
that went on He went wherever any
body wanted to see him. He woul
argue his cause with anybody, alway
with moderation: It seems the me
have asked him to remain in Montres