Farley claimed that he had defeated thirty - five strikes in a row .
Farley was sometimes paid as much as three hundred thousand dollars for breaking a strike , and by 1914 he had taken in more than ten million dollars .
Farley claimed that Farley had defeated thirty - five strikes in a row .
Farley was sometimes paid as much as three hundred thousand dollars for breaking a strike , and by 1914 he had taken in more than ten million dollars .