Show IRONWORKERS IRONWORKERS' OffiCERS i INDORSED BY GOMPERS F Federation Head Declares Be Belief Belief Belief Be- Be lief in Innocence of Men Convicted Convicted Convicted Con Con- as Dynamiters fl Indianapolis t nr 11 Il Feb S nf t 27 Samuel j-Samuel th Samuel A t-n t l M. M n 1 VL Federation of oC Labor held a a. conference today oday with Frank M. M Ryan and eight other officials of International Bridge Bridgend and nd Structural Iron Workers who were convicted at the recent dynamite conspiracy con- con piracy trials trials' here Precautions were taken aken to make the conference secret ecret Guards were placed at the lie doors and only those who could show shou credentials as s delegates to the tue Iron workers' workers conventiOn con- con n were permitted to attend Mr Gompers declined later to make known cnown what took toole place except to sa say he ic hall hail expressed a belief that all of or orthe the he three thirty men sentenced to the penitentiary at Leavenworth I Fran van an as conspirators in the lie McNamara Ic amara dynamite plots were Innocent lie said al In n addressing tho iron workers delegates delegates dele dele- ele- ele gates he told the men he lie was confident confident con- con ident the United States circuit court of oC f appeals als would grant new trials s. s Mr Ir Ryan who received a sentence of oC seven even years ears and who presided d over o tho the session Hession addressed by Mr Ir Gompers Is Isa Isa isa a candidate for Cor re Several da days ays s 's ago when plans for tor reorganizing reorganizing- the he union came caine UI up at nt the lie convention the tho ho delegates decided ed to defer action action ac- ac tion lon until Mr Ir Gompers had addressed them hem Mr 11 Gompers' Gompers expressions of confidence con- con In lii Ryan Ran as president John JQhn T T. Butler of or Buffalo Io as vice ice president and Eu Eugene ene A. A Clancy Chancy of San Francisco Phillip A A. Cooley of oC Now New Orleans Michael 1 J. J Young of or Boston Doston and Frank Frnnk C. C Webb ebb of or New Now York as members oCth of oC th the he executive board hoard was said by the tho delegates to strengthen the lie probability that bat these men would be elected re The he will not bo be held for Cor or several ii days a ays ys |