Saturdays at five P.M.
Dropping the preamble , these resolutions , which were neatly printed with a type-writing machine on a half letter sheet , ran as follows : -- _ Resolved , _ That on and after the First of June proximo , the pay of carvers in Slocum 's Marble Yard shall be $ 2.75 per day , instead of $ 2.50 as heretofore . _ Resolved , _ That on and after the same date , the rubbers and polishers shall have $ 2.00 per day , instead of $ 1.75 as heretofore . _ Resolved , _ That on and after the same date the millmen are to have $ 2.00 per day , instead of $ 1.75 as heretofore . _ Resolved , _ That during the months of June , July , and August the shops shall knock off work on Saturdays at five P.M. , instead of at six P.M. _ Resolved , _ That a printed copy of these Resolutions be laid before the Proprietor of Slocum 's Marble Yard , and that his immediate attention to them be respectfully requested . _ Per order of Committee M. W. A. _ `` Torrini is at the bottom of that , '' said Mr. Slocum . `` I hardly think so . This arrangement , as I told you the other day before I had the trouble with him , has been in contemplation several weeks .