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Show STRIKE OF METAL WORKERS Building Operations in New York Are Badly Crippled. NEW YORK, Sepl. 1. A strike of tho sheet metal workers In this district was called last night by the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' union. About 2300 members attended the meeting and the cull for the strike was almost unanimous. unan-imous. The strike will affect some 200 buildings build-ings which are In course of construction, construc-tion, and about 100 shops In which the metal workers are employed. The men demand an advance of R0 cents a day. Their wages now are 54 a day. They claimed that about a year ago they entered en-tered Into an agreement whereby they were to receive the raise last January. The men did not get the promised Increase, In-crease, however, and several months ago notified the employers that if the advance was not forthcoming there would be a strike. |