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Show MANY AFFECTED BY PLUMBERS' STRIKE NEW YORK, July 2. The genera! strike of Plumbers' union No. 2, which was ordered last week for an increase of wages from $4.75 to $6.25 a day, and which goes Into effect today will bring out about 1500 men and affect about 800 buildings. These will Include 4 00 flathouses which are nearlng com-Dletlori. com-Dletlori. Plumbers are In great de-inand de-inand now, as there are many hundreds hun-dreds of flathouses and apartment houses receiving their finishing touches In the upper part of Manhattan Manhat-tan and the Bronx. There Is another Plumbers' union, which was formed under an arbitration arbitra-tion agreement with the Building Trades Employers' association. This Union Is the only one recognized by the employers, and it has a charter from the United National Dssoeiatlon of plumbers and Gas and Seam Fitters and Helpers, which expelled Plumbers' Plumb-ers' Union No. 2 for refusing to observe the rules. |