nearly midnight
said Peter . And she answered : `` That fellow that looks like a bruiser , and that one next to him , with the face of a rat . '' Peter looked , and saw that it was McGivney ; and McGivney looked at Peter , but gave no sign . The meeting lasted until nearly midnight . It subscribed several thousand dollars to the Goober defense fund , and adopted ferocious resolutions which it ordered printed and sent to every local of every labor union in the country . Peter got out before it was over , because he could no longer stand the strain of his own fears and anxieties . He pushed his way thru the crowd , and in the lobby he ran into Pat McCormick , the I. W. W. leader .