Okay, I think I see what may have happened. Please correct me if I am wrong on any thing.
You flew into Dallas on American and were going to do some work. You where then planning on flying out later that Day on Midwest. (Was you original point of departure the same as you eventual return point? Based on your original post, it seems that the were the same city.)
Depending on how, you purchased the ticket, it might have appeared to have been a continous journey. The American agent when when you originally checked may not have caught this and taged your tool bag to be transfered to Midwest for the "second leg". So when you arrived in Dallas, the baggage handlers saw the tag, and then transfered your bag to Midewest for the next flight. Due to the error by the original agent, I can how this ocurred.
However, the treatment your recieved by baggage claim was downright uncalled for. It is the baggage claim agents job to try and reunite the passenger with the bag, not to pawn you off on anther carrier.
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