Their conclusions stood, at best, on a shaky foundation. Plant and Ryan and the City Hall group had acted on the belief that the agreement was binding, despite repeated assertions that Ryan had no authority to sign on behalf of the district and that the strike would not end without the members' ratification. Casey said the teamsters would return to work Monday, no matter what the longshoremen did. But it quickly became apparent that longshore lead- ers, local and coastwise, recognized no peace. Ryan told Plant the next day that Bridges had been waiting for him when he returned to his hotel. You may have thought you executed an agreement, Bridges told him, but Ryan would find out that he had no control over the situation and the thing would not stick. Ryan told Plant he had never been talked to in his life the way Bridges talked to him at that time. 22 To reporters, Bridges said the men would return to work if the agreement was approved by a two-thirds vote of the entire Pacific Coast membership. And, as expected, the seamen's unions vowed their strikes would continue.