Few useful recollections and even fewer records remain of those marathon conversations but, extrapolated from events and recall, something like a meeting of the minds plainly emerged. It was never reduced to writing; it may not have been voiced as such; it may have been no more than the parties' educated estimates of what was in the other parties' minds. It bore some resemblance to the patterns of settlements sometimes engineered in local labor relations. It paralleled the good faith relationship that existed between Mike Casey and Neylan, or between other labor representatives and some San Francisco businessmen. However the consensus came about, its elements included an end to the general strike; arbitration of all issues (including the hiring halls) by the longshoremen; an agreement by the shipowners to deal with the unions chosen by the seamen in representation elections; and, not least of all, agreement by the shipowners to arbitrate all unresolved issues if bargaining with the seafaring unions deadlocked. It did not materialize in one piece but unfolded in a series of steps. However it came about, that is how it was finally resolved.