Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-17
BOSS FARLEY.
Familiar Figure Will Open Detective
 Agency in New York.

strike In 1902 and who is known from one end of the country to the other has opened detective agency in New York city. He Is to devote his career to sup plying concerns with men to take the place of strikers.
 It was Farley who had charge of the non-union men who were brought to Waterbury in 1902, when the Water bury trolley strike was declared.
 He has made a study of unions and providing men to run cars when the regular employees of a road have en- tered into struggle for living wages and decent hours.
 TT have never lost strike and I have broken more than twenty during the past three years" is the boast of this man. 'T studied the matter for many years before entered into the work of running roads in spite of the flats of unions, and it is now question of system"
 gro begin with" he said, ''the ma jority of the thousands of candidates on my list are former union men who found by experience that the1T. unions could not save their jobs for them af- ter they had struck.
 "In every street car strike certain men prove overZealous in the fight In every strike settlement the employers reserve the right to re-enploy only such men as they needed, and these oyerzealous men usually found them selves out of work, while their com rades were taken back. They learned the lesson that the unions were not as powerful as they thought. and were not able to give back the employment they sacrificed.
 "These men are compelled to take other positions. usually in other lines of work, and at smaller wages. Ra1l- road men always hanker after railroad work. They are glad to get back to the old employment and, having learn ed the lesson that unionism will not hold them in their jobs, they are not averse to taking the places or strikers: Besides. they learn the lesson that when out of the union they have more individuality and have greater chance of promotion. Tn the unions promotion depends more on popularity than merit, and this the man thrown out of employment through strike soon learns
 sT have on my list of possibly avail able men for strike breakinR the names of from 35.OOO men in different parts of this country. Most of them are ex- union men. Many of them, of course, are not available at all times, as they have secured good positions in other walks of life, but there is still an army of them to be used when wanted.
 ssAmong those on my list are a sur prising large number of young men who are really-wealthy- mean men who own from S1OOOO to $20,0OO, and who enter into the work as they would ioin the army-for the excitement of the thing. Many of them are college educated and students of political econ only.
 q am not opposed to labor unions but I believe that in some cases they go too far There are strikes where the men are altogether right, where ! would not think of interfering, but when do go into one it is with the ue- termination to fulfill my contract
 .sThe principal thing to do when strike is declared against q street car company is to operate the roada- sIhat is what undertake and my experience is that 1t is always possible. I never anosa % a man who is not either already an experienced railroad employe oi capable of becoming one soon. Rail. road work requires not education, but intelligence. :.
 aTrhe papers speak of the 'rim-rar employed by me. I want to say that engage no man who is not personally known to me. If I employed loafers the other men would not stay with me. Nv men are capable of running cars safely and it Is matter of pride with me while was breaking the cal strikes in Connecticut there were few or suits for damages resulting from ac cidents than when the roads were TUT Tv the regular men, As a matter o1 l fact, the men employed by me are more careful than the regular employ l es.
 l s'Tt is a matter of study with me- he said. ''I am thirty years of age now and I began to think the matter over about ten years or eleven years ago. I was hotel clerk In Brooklyn I and after. several years at that occupa tion became a private detective. made many acquaintances in my WorH and saw that there was a field unoc | cupied-that of providing competent men needed during railroad strikes That is my line of work.
 II have about thirty-five men on my regular payroll detectives who arc able to take up any kind of work | kind of mystery. At the same time I have list of about 40,OO0 names of men who have at times worked fol me or who have been examined anC been found competent. I have organ ized regular commissary staff and an prepared even to furnish barbers fol the men employed to work during strike times. I figure on one barber for every thirty men, and cooks an( walters in proportion.
 T am not trying to undermine thI unions, but experience teaches me thas i it is possible to run cars with or with out the consent of the unions, and
 am prepared to do so. Many mel formerly employed by me have no only retained their positions with tn, company, but have secured promotion that they would not have received al union men. I think the work is an en tirely legitimate one; if I did not
 would not engage i'll it. Of course
 ann roasted, and often receive threaten ing letters, but pay no attenion t T that''
 l MT Farley has made money out o strike breaking, and owns several higl