New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-12

Street Railway men was in the course OF this
big strike in Cleveland. The company for sons
days had been preparing TO run it's cars Ae
length the time came and the start was made,
Farley operated the car. and he had not COM
pleted the run when he was surrounded by
union men and dragged 70 their headquarters
He was known by reputation, and the strika
leaders felt that they had made great capture,
Farley was led into the room where the com
mittee in charge of the strike held its sessions-
There were mutterings OF XIII him. and ons
of the leaders laid revolver on the table i'm
easy reach. Farley eyed the move without a.
change of expression Then he reached into his
pocket and produced a revolver of his own
IF there is going to be any shooting" he said.
'Tn have part
Something in the mans manner queted the
crowd. and Farley was offered a sum of money
if he would leave the city. The cash was put
on the table beside the revolver.
IF you promise 10 get out Of Cleveland IN two
hours you have the money" Farley was
told.
He agreed to the stipulation and swept ths
money into his pocket Taking the first train.
he rode to a suburban station just beyond the
corporate limits. But in three hours he was
back at the company's headquarters. and an
nounced his readiness to run the second car.
Before the strike in Cleveland came TO an end
Farley received a bullet in his body. which he
still carries.
In long and violent strike at RichrnanI
Farley gave proof OF his utter fearlsssress.
When he and his men were harassed In every
possible way. he showed his physical courage
by jumping out Of a carriage in which he was
riding from a courtroom where he had been
taken after having been arrested on trumped
up charge and fighting his way single handed
through the mob TO rescue two of his men who
had been attacked in n carriage a few PAGES
ahead of him He went through that mob ike
a whirlwind. though hit by a brick and a bull
let.
At Waterbury. Conn. where he went to break
streetcar strike Farley showed his GOODNESS
when he saved his men from harm by loudly
calling for them to fetch out those guns
when a mob of strike sympathzers started to
rush into the place. There we're guns
other weapons there at the time. but the mob
was scared and scattered.
In the Pittsburg- Wilkesbarre-Sc Scranton trou-
bIes Farley rode the first car out Of the
barns and faced the mob day after day. Once
he was caught between two converging nobs
He eluded them. got back TO Wilkesbarre on a
train. and so successfully "bluffed" a crowd OF
men who were searching the train TO lynch him
that they asked him to join them in the search
for that man Farley"
on the Chicago City Railway in November,
1903. which lasted about two weeks. Farley
faced death every time he vent outside ths
companies barns or rode on car. He was
shot at scores OF times, but never hit. He was
hit by mssies-bricks. stones. bot
ties etc,-hurled at him by strikers and their
sympathzers, but beyond a quiet, sarcastic
smile at the futile efforts OF the enemy to dis
able him. he showed neither fear nor emotion
Enraged by the GOODNESS OF the man, strikers
sought in every conceivable way to trap Far
ley and lay him out they had threatened
after his arrival IN Chicago The
nearest the strikers came to doing" him was
one night when one of the pickets. a veritabls
giant. managed TO sneak into the City Railroad
car barns while Farley was alone with a few OF
his men. The intruder tackled Farley, after
that he was going to knock him
out"
There was only one round. The picket went
to the county hospital for repairs while Far
ley quietly walked to his boarding house
few evenings later. Farley was leaving the
barns. four thugs made gun play" at him.
Farley got his gun" in action promptly. and
the attacking party retired dragging away ons
Of their number with bullet in his leg
There are scores Of other equally thrilling
Incidents in the life OF this quiet man who Is
following such hazardous vocation