21. After he completed high school in 1928 he joined this company as a switchman in its East Dallas yard. 22. The organization was succeeded in October 1894 with the establishment of the Switchmen 's Union of North America. 23. Unable to fight both soldiers and scabs without help, the switchmen ended their strike on August 25, 1892. 24. At that time, switchmen were paid $ 50 a week for twelve hour days, seven days a week. 25. In 1911 he moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as a switchman . 26. An early issue of " Switchmen 's Magazine " recounted the work process for a general audience: 27. Railway switchmen are paid an average monthly salary of 3, 500 rupees ( 113 dollars ) and get free accommodations. 28. The new ESS also came with its own diagnostic software that needed only a switchman and several frame technicians to maintain. 29. The Switchmen 's Mutual Aid Association of North America was organized in 1877 and held its first meeting in 1886. 30. Scuba divers searched the pit and found the cause of this event : a sealed beam railroad switchman 's lantern.