 This outcome and the overwhelming defeat of R. B. Bennett are two indicators that the strike was a success, even though the Trek was crushed.Evans continued his union activism, organizing the miners and smelter workers in Trail, British Columbia into the CIO union, Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union.He also led fundraising drives for the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, the volunteer contingent from Canada that fought the fascists during the Spanish Civil War.