Show DENOUNCES TilE TUE OF FERRER Washington Oct fiercely denouncing the tho murder or of Francisco Ferrer the Spanish who was cond condemned by br court martial and shot In Barcelona were adopted at session of the executive council or of the American Federation o of Labor Ferrer was reo re to as a martyr Ve Te In our personal behalf as well as In the name of Americas workers and the whole people the tho Lions declare express our intense Indignation horror and strongest pro pio protest test agaInst the murder of Francisco I Forrer Ferrer b by direction or of the tho Spanish government falcon in connection with the nc ac action lion tion of the supreme court of the DIs DIstrict of Columbia In sentencing Pros Pres I Ident Gompers Secretary Morrison and John Mitchell of the federation I Ito to sere sele terms in jail for contempt I of court the concluding paragraph or of orthe the resolutIon Is looked upon as si sig I I It declares that we e take this oc occasion i caslon casion of the tho military murder o of a aman aman man whose real offendIng was speak I in lug writing and teaching humanity to become more mora wise more free and more loving to remind the tho peo people plc of our country that the liberty or of orthe the citizens Is only hero when tried I Ib b by Jury jun court for any alleged offense punishment I The resolutions declare the case or of free speech free press and free edu education education cation has found in Ferrer another I martyr the more regrettable In which boasts of no torture and media in punishment Ferrer It Is declared will take rank with all those who have done dono the greatest service for hum humanity niLy A noble company compan of martyrs and n a cause In which a man might well give Ids is lire life th thi resolutions continue did tr r quire It Like Teffer non Washington and Lincoln of our own country he labored anti and taught tind Ind suffered that the tho people might have hare wisdom and bo be worthy o of free freedom freedom dom Declaring that though Ferrer suf the tho ultimate penalty of a shame shameful ful death at the tho hands of those who rule In the tho doctrine of the divine right of kings the tho belief Is expressed that the tho was not nol In vain In Its to the resolutions the thc council says the tho execution of Professor Or Ferrer has aroused od the I strongest of all just lIh liberty loving and broadminded men of the civilized world I Among AmonS other matters was as a brief resume by President Gompers on his observations regard lug inS labor conditions abroad A telegram was received from third convention of the West Virginia Federation or of Labor now noy In session in C expressing the hope hOlo that the efforts of oC the federations In behalf of the preservation of the thc right of fr free e speech and free press pross may mar bo be crowned with success It was decided that an appeal or financIal assistance in behalf of the wage age earners nov on strike In Swede Swed Sweden en should be made to aU all aged labor |