The Irish standard., 1905-05-06

James Farley, strike breaker in
chief, is now mentioned as the man
who may be employed to straighten
out a situation" in Chicago,
says the Record-Herald Should
Farley take Il hand there is likely to
be something doing" very soon, and
it will also mean that he is extending
his activities to street railways, and
an expert in the business of protecting
transportation, has heretofore confined
his ACTIVITIES to the street railways, and
is loath to operate except along the
lines of his speciality. But Farley is a
practical man, and if the fee is salts
factory he might undertake the NOV
ing OF trucks as he has undertaken the
moving Of street cars.
Strike breaking is a business with
Farley. He is not stirred because of
any antipathy to organized labor or
labor unionism. He has no more per-
sOnal feeling and bears no more lndi-
vid,al i'll will against strikers than
does the soldier against the enemy. To
him strike breaking is as much game
as war to the soldier, and his place in
the conflict between capital and labor
is like unto,that of the medieval knight
who was prepared to fight under the
standard of the prince needing the
assistance of his sword and willing
to pay his price. He is modern SOL
der of fortune, is James Farley, and
by strict attention to his business he
has succeeded in accumulating good
ly supply OF this worlds goods. Far
ley undertakes to break a strike for
corporation, just as an attorney es-
pouses the cause of client. Both, of
course, believe in their cause and both
fight to win. The difference is in the
methods employed.
Farley is product Of the East-his
home is Plattsburg, N. Y.-but he pos
sesses the characteristics of the West,
the far West, that portion which might
be called wild and woolly." Had he
gone into politics he might have reach
ed the governors chair or some other
position Of prominence, and 1t is likely
that his career would have been cut
short because he is the sort that does
not seek trouble, but, meeting 1t,
makes it the invariable rule to shoot
first.
To understand that James Farley
has in him the stuff which enables
the exercising, successfully, of control
and direction requires but few min
utes' talk with the man. There is
nothing of the blusterer, nothing to in
dicate the lust for excitement, nothing
to suggest the manner of man who has
been shot at q hundred times, who has
been assaulted time and time again,
and who has spent much of his time
in avoiding carefully laid plots having
for their purpose his assassination.
Two bullets have found their way into
his anatomy, one Of them still waiting
extraction. A network of scars tat
toes his skin, and close inspection Of
the scalp under the short, dark hair
discloses little white marks where
clubs, missiles Of various forms and
blackjacks have brought blood.
This modern soldier of fortune Is
just shy of six feet in height and the
lines upon which he is built are
springy His hands are long, bOny,
we'll fashioned and well kept. His
lower jaw runs to the chin in a
straight line, and when you look at 1t
and then consider the gray-blue eyes,
there is a suggestion of Seth Bullock
and a forty-five Colt and much trouble.
"A heavy black lnustache dropping low,
covers thin lips, cruel lips, suggestive
of anything but laughter. The nose
is Roman and works back we'll into
the brow. 1t tells it's story Of cour-
age, determination and ability. The
forehead is high and full, rounding
/; into the temples. The head Is unusu-
; ally wide over the ears and the feat
ures are generally good. Unvarying
in palor Is the skin, except at the times
F; when excitement possesses Jim Farley,