Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Lodge 1179 (Cadosia, NY ) Records
Collection Number: 5448
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).Title:
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employees Lodge 1179 (Cadosia, NY ) Records, 1902-1921
Collection Number:
5448
Creator:
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employees (BMWE);
BMWE Lodge 1179
BMWE Lodge 1179
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Minutes (administrative records).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of records from the Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes Lodge 1179 in Cadosia, New York (formerly Lodge 257 of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen).
Language:
Collection material in English
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes [BMWE] was organized by workers
responsible for the physical condition of operational railway rights of way. The
BMWE membership consisted of workers who built and maintained the tracks, bridges,
buildings, and other railroad structures. It was founded in Alabama in 1887 as the
Order of Railroad Trackmen by John T. Wilson.
In 1892, the Order merged with the Brotherhood of Railway Section Foremen of North
America, a related organization, to form the Brotherhood of Railway Track Foremen of
America. In 1896, the membership of the union was opened to white track laborers as
well as foremen, and the organization became known as the Brotherhood of Railway
Trackmen of America. In 1918, the Trackmen reintegrated a secessionist faction that
had existed as a separate group since 1914 and became known as the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers. The union
adopted its current name in 1925 as part of an effort to settle jurisdictional
problems with other American Federation of Labor unions.
In 2004, the BMWE merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and renamed
themselves the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters [BMWED] to reflect the change in their
organizational affiliation.
Inclusive date range: 1902-1921
Bulk dates: 1902-1921
This collection consists of the records of Lodge No. 1179 in Cadosia, NY (formerly
Lodge No. 257) of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. It includes one
Minutes Book (1919-1921) that records the Lodge meeting where the members discussed
general business, workers' issues such as the push for an eight hour work day, union
finances, membership statistics, dues collection, the election of officers, and
individual members' grievances. Also found in this collection are Members and Dues
Books that list the names, ages, years of work experience, and union certificate
numbers of local members. Additionally, the minutes of meeting in which the Lodge
discussed how to support the widow of a deceased member and a certificate of
membership signed by John T. Wilson are located in this collection.
Names:
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.
Lodge 1179 (Cadosia).
New York, Ontario, and Western Railway Co.
Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees.
Trade-unions. Railroads. New York (State).
Cadosia.
Trade-unions. United States. Local unions.
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes (administrative records)
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and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Lodge 1179 (Cadosia, NY ) Records
#5448. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell
University Library.
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1902-1905 | |
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Dues paid; years in service; disbursements. Lodge 257 became Lodge 1179
(Cadosia, NY).
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1919-1920 | |
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Secretary-Treasurer: Thomas Crane, East Branch, NY. Alphabetical list of
members; records of dues paid; disbursements; receipts
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1919-1921 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1920 | |
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Handwritten on Cadosia Lodge no.1179 letterhead. As per Minute Book, dated
October 16, 1920
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1902 | |
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Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen, Certificate no.17312: Owen Padden. Signed by
John T. Wilson, Grand President, June 27, 1902.
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