The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04

| one day last week OF a man supposed to
be in close touch with things over in Essex,
Hudson, Passaic and Union counties. New
Jersey, where strike talk had been in the
air for fortnight back. do they really
fear strike or are they only trying to run
a bluff on their menu
Run a bluf7' was the reply. DO they
expect strike? Well, all have got to say
to that is that Farley il on the ground and
has been for days back. Don't that look
az though they feared mix-up with the
men? You don't see Farley unless there Ia
something doing
And Farley was there sure enough. He
was on the ground, even before the fiasco
of the week before last when q number OF
the trolley men In Bloomfield quit on the
| false rumor that strike had actually been
declared. The managers Of the company
had become convinced, even before that,
that there was situation which demanded
extreme measures Of preparation.
And Farley is an extreme measure IN
cases Of electric railroad strikes. He is
the stormy petrol Of labor war.
When you see Farley appear on the scene
then you may be sure that the railroad
company has got past the parleying stage
and means fight. He IL the great strike
breaker Of the United States. with moro
scalps OF defeated labor unions hanging
to his belt than any man living.
And who is Farley7 There Is not street
railroad man in America who does not
know his name-not one who does not
either curse him or swear by him as the
case may be. Not few of the thousands
OF men whom he has at his beck and call
and who are ready at a moments notice
to swoop down in the forefront Of one Of
his armies on an aggressive, terror-spread-
ing strike, are men who, as strikers them
selves, have come into collision, actual
physical collision in several instances, with
Farley.
When there Is no strike to be broken
Farley disappears as suddenly and mys-
teriously as he makes his advent when
there Is strike trouble in the air. quiet.
serene, self poised young man Of mild
bearing and pleasant address, he goes his
way pleasantly and without friction through
the world until there is another summons
to field OF strike contention.
Then he is quite another Mr.. Farley-a
determined resolute man with will like
iron, butting his way with set jaws through
the thickest and ugliest mobs. Slow to
strike but a furious, remorseless hitter
when blows must be given, he has won a
reputation which even the most turbulent
and violent among those with whom he
is brought into collision have come to re-
spect.
Farley has created new industry. He
saw the long felt want In the business COM
munity Of a professional strike breaker.
and he rose up to fill the want
He studied strikes and strike methods
from q combined military and admins
| trative standpoint. The man who aspired
to beat a well organized, determined strike
! required treatment from two distinct
bases. The road must be operated, and
operated on distinctly different lines from
it's ordinary service. The men operating
it must be armed themselves and pro-
tected by other armed forces.
Martial law, In a word, must govern in
the operation OF the road, and the General
In command to whom even the regular
officers of the road would be subordinate,
must be the General-in-chief Of the strike
breaking forces-Farley to-wit.
On these lines Farley worked out the
problem. The first step, Of course, was to
organize a powerful, compact, obedient,
strike breaking army. This was not so
difficult as it might at first blush seem.
There is in this country at the present
moment a large foating population OF work.
ingmen, men of unfinching courage and
good character who are sick beyond the
limit Of endurance Of labor union domination
and labor union tyranny. In the trolley
road business there are thousands Of these
who lost their Jobs through arbitrary and
foolish strikes, many of them wantonly
provoked by the walking delegate element.
These men are ready to enlist az strike
breakers at the first opportunity. All they
need is a leader who will treat them fairly,
knows how to dominate the coarsest grained
of them and is himself not afraid to go
where he may order them to go.
Farley became that leader. He has now
at his command an army OF close upon 0,00O
men ready to respond to his order to go
anywhere and be ready for anything at u
moments notice.
When, few months ago, there was
threat Of a strike on the elevated railroads
in this city, Farley had 1900 men together
inside of thirty hours ngineers, fremen,
trainmen, the entire make up Of train
crew-all ready and waiting here in New
York to take the places Of the railroad men
the moment they threw up their jobs.
His organization extends all over the United
States He has his agents in every city
OF the Union, some Of whom in time Of
trouble are paid as high Us s25 day.
Farley was up III ',e Adirondacks when
the news of the Newark trouble reached
him. 1t came in a telegraph message ask
ing him to come at once and bring 500
men"
There was no train out Of the woods that
night, but by hiring a special train he
could head of fast express at a point
below that would get him to New York at
7 O'Clock the next morning. The cost OF
the special train was 500, and Farley hired
the special train.
From Plattsburg, from Ticonderoga. from
Fort Henry and from Saratoga he kept
UP const ant dribble Of kilograms ordering
the mobiizat ion OF his forces. Within
three hours after his arrival in New York
he had 200 men awaiting his ordern.
Each strike to be broken 10 q separate
military campaign for Farley. He goes
first and looks over tie battlefield with
a Generals eye. He notes all the points
along the line where attacks might be made
upon passing cars with most safety to the
assailants These he makes rovisjons to
guard.