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Show Gompers Pledges Aid Providence, R. I. The American Federation of Labor will stand firmly behind the textile strikers of New Knd-alnd Knd-alnd in their fight against wage reductions reduc-tions and Increased working hours, Samuel (eiinpers, president of the fish edition, declared here Sunday, tiddcss-lag tiddcss-lag a meeting of several thousand persons. per-sons. "Come what may," said Mr. Gompers, "the United Textile Workers of America can count on the American Federation of Labor to stand behind them In tli fullest extent of Its power, and the American Federation hns n membership of .r,,fKK).(Hii). The Anicrl--nn Federation of Labor will exert every ev-ery effort to help tho tcxrlln strikers to at least get bread during their struggle." |