Oral history interview with G.G. Weida in Mason City, Iowa, 1978 Nov. 29 [microform] / conducted by Paul Kelso.

Weida, G. G., 1897-

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Switchmen's Union of North America

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In 1898, Congress passed the Erdman Act, which provided for the mediation and arbitration of disputes in the railroad industry which involved the operating brotherhoods, telegraphers and switchmen. Within a year after its adoption the switchmen, represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, invoked the law, which failed when its principles were repudiated by the leading railroad companies involved. The Act provided that when a controversy which could not be solved...

Kelso, Paul, 1937-

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Switchmen's Union of North America. Lodge 170 (Mason City, Iowa)

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