The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-10
QUEER CASE
OF F FARLEY
Squire Martin Like Laws Of
Medes and Persians.
TO TRY HIM THIS MORNING.
.Henrieo Justice Desired the Famous
Strikebreaker to Perform the Feat
of Being in Two Places at
the Same Time.
Squire Martin Like Laws Of
Medes and Persidns.
TO TRY HIM THIS MORNING
Henrieo Justice Desired the Famous

A guard of some twelve or fifteen SOL
diers. with cleaning bayonets and mus
kets, stood guard at the Henrico court
house yesterday afternoon. While on the
inside was being tried Farley. the chief
of the strike breakers, a man for whom
many of the residents of the neiGhbor-
hood OF the courthouse. mostly union
sympathizers. held but little love In their
heart. Some demonstration against the
prisoner was thought possible. but none
came. The proceedings We're over In a
few moments. consisting simply OF the
continuation Of the case until 10 o'clock
to-day. though this simple ceremony was
remarkable In it's interest at times.
Arrested Late at Night.
There are now about six warrants
against the chief OF the strike breakers.
charging him with various and sundry
nlisdeeds. The latest development in this
direction, which resulted in the examina-
ton yesterday, came Wednesday In the
dead of night In the shape of new
warrant, or rather a series of them.
forming the tangible evidences Of what
officials of the company are disposed more
or less to believe was plot or conspiracy
to get Farley into n serious muddle and
perhaps get rid of him. That sucf thing
is possible Is easy to believe since the
accused Is at this moment perhaps the
best hated man In Richmond from the
point of view Of the strikers and the
strike sympathizers.
On Wednesday, as stated yesterday
morning, about fifty of Farley's men were
put off. AS fast as the company increa ses
the size of Its regular force 1t makes a
corresponding reduction in the size OF the
force of professionals. hence the DISCHARGE
of the men. But this was not all, 1t seems
that the developments OF the day We're
followed by considerable of stir as re-
suit OF which three strike breakers were
arrested by the company One of them
was charged with trespasing on the prop
erty of the company and being disorderly;
he appeared before Squire Lewis yester.
day and was fined 81 and costs. Another
was Thomas Cronogue, charged with
using abusive language to George G.
Norman; he was fined So and costs. The
third was Frank Roberts. charged with
stealing pin and $3.50 from Henry Hart,
one of the strlke- breakers. Inis case was
dismissed, the evidence tending In no
way to substantiate the charge.
The other side of the case presented
itself when two of the men mentioned
above retaliated by swearing out war
rants against Farley hmsel. Both
Roberts and Cronogue charged him With
assault and abusive language. The war
rants We're issued about 9 O'Clock We'd
Inesday night by Justice Martin. OF Full
ton, and from this time began the hap
penings characterized yesterday by coun-
Sc! for the company ms marvellous in the
extreme Shortly after loE o'clock con-
stable presented himself at the Reservoir
barns and served the warrant on Far
ley. who was there at the time, 1t was
late at night, hut the constable was in
exorable. Farley had an engagement at
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