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Show Gompcrs Pedges'Aid Providence, R. I. The American Federation of Labor will stand firmly behind the textile strikers of New End-alnd End-alnd in their fight against wage reductions reduc-tions and increased working hours, Samuel (Jumpers, president of the federation, fed-eration, declared here Sunday, addess-ing addess-ing a meeting of several thousand persons. per-sons. "Come what may," said Mr. Jumpers, '"the United Textile Workers of America can count on the American Federation of Labor to stand behind them to the fullest extent of its power, and the American 1'edcraii-n has a I membership of o.'-oonoo. The American Ameri-can i'edoratioii of Labor will exert every ev-ery effort to !,.-lp the textile strikers to r le:ist get bread (luring their ; struggle." i |