Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28
New Conner Refused To Work
 After Getting Here-
HE WAS ROUGHLY HANDLED

HE WAS ROUGHLY HANDLED Boss Farley Tells His Side of the Story
 Strikers Issue Their Daily State
 ment- Another Automobile Has Ar
 rived Which May Be Running This
 Evening.
 There must have been something doing at the car barns last night, if one can place any reliance on the story told Democrat reporter this morning, by man who gave his name as R. J. Mcintyre, who came here a week ago to work for the trolley company. Mo Intyre blew into the Democrat office about 10 o'clock this morning and ask ed to see reporter He looked like a man that was after having a race for his life and after listening to what he had to say the scribe began to think that there are queer goings on in the building on West Main street close to the iron bridge. The man claimed that Boss Farley caught him, by the throat last night, dragged him into the barn and with the assistance of two other men abused him shamefully, tearing the buttons off his clothes, compelling him to sign some paper without reading 1t and threatening to kill him.
 McIntyre's story is told in full in the strikers statement.
 The man also stated that he had en- tered complaint against Farley and another to Prosecutor Durant, who promised to issue warrants for them provided he could secure somebody to certify to what he said. Mcintyre does not think he can do this, because no matter how well meaning people who saw it might be they would be afraid to run counter with Farley by appearing as a witness against him and his men. But he said he was go- ing to see what he could do in that di- rection.
 MT Farley was asked about the mat ter and while he admitted that Me- Intyre had trouble at the barn he stoutly denied that he had been abused by him or anybody else. He said Me- Intyre came here of his own accord from Brooklyn where he had been dis charged from the trolley road for "sassing" the foreman, and gladly. signed contract to do the right thing. He shirked his work and was no use to him, but he wanted to give him a. show and kept him on until yesterdav afternoon when for the third time within a week he refused to obey or ders and then he thought 1t time fo let him go. He refused to go into the office, but was finally taken there by force. He signed no papers without Knowing what they contained and was paid for more time than he worked Farley said he didn't put hand on the man, but that he believed others would have had he not been there. He admitted that the fellows threatened to break his skull, but said that was all there was to it. With reference to the friendly bout between the cooks. MT Farley said that they had little diff ference and one of themafeIl and str,lck his eye against the corner of the ta bie. There wasn't much to it, but in order to maintain discipline he dis charged the man whom he considered responsible for the trouble.
 The strikers executive committee this afternoon issued the following statement:
 This Is our seventy-seventh day out on strike, and it finds our men as stur- dy as ever and as full of confidence as they were from the beginning that eight will yet triumph.
 At last our second automobile has arrived and if nothing unforeseen oc CUTS It will be in commission this even Ing. We are negotiating for a big ye- nicie on this line which will seat about thirty people. We are being constant ly urged to get more machines. and are irving to do so as quickly as possible.
 we have an interesting incident to relate to the public to-day. It goes t,, show that lawlessness still exists in Waterbury, and among the help of the trolley company at that It also shows that intimidation is rife in Waterbury, ana that, too, among the trolley com pany's employees. .
 k. J. Mcintyre is the name of a brooElyn. N. Y., man whom we met at ms request this morning in local at- tofneys oh1ce. He told us this story:
 He saw an advertisement for twelve conductors and twelve motor- men in New York papef ana an. swered 1t. He found waiting him hs Brandage, and Strike Breaker Fisher through whom one of the local police. men resigned. They were in New York looking for help to bring here. They informed Mcintyre that the strike was over here, he says. and that they were endeavoring to get rid of the trash they had here at first and re- place them with respectable help. He came to Waterbury a week ago to- night and went to wor& Sunday. He says Farley told him many of the men he first had here were discharged for theft. McIntrye says he soon discoy- cred that the agents Of Farley or the company had lied to him about the Rrike being settled. and he was more man suspicious when he was urged to and finally did sign 8 document agree ng not to leave the company's prem ises when not working, without a per- mit from Farley.
 Mcintyre says he found 1t difficult to bear the sleeping quarters at the stables. which were in many respects filthy, and says numerous sersns aIso