type public industry steel successor ltv steel later isg and arcelormittal founded youngstown ohio u.s. 1899 defunct 1984 headquarters cleveland ohio u.s. products steel website www.republicsteel.com molten iron is blown in an eastern bessemer converter to change it to steel for war essentials 1941 republic steel was once the third largest steel producer in the united states . it was founded as the republic iron and steel company in youngstown ohio in 1899 . contents 1 corporate history 2 see also 3 external links 4 references corporate history edit in 1927 cyrus s. eaton acquired and combined republic with several other small steel companies with the goal of becoming large enough to rival u.s. steel . the newly named republic steel corporation was headquartered in cleveland ohio and became america s third largest steel company trailing only u.s. steel and bethlehem steel after acquiring bourne fuller company and the central alloy steel company located in massillon ohio in the 1930s . tom m. girdler became the first chairman of the board of directors . eaton hired girdler from jones and laughlin steel company where he had served as president . girdler modernized republic steel with the introduction of better alloys such as light steel . 1 during world war ii while still chairman of republic steel girdler relocated to california to serve as chief executive officer of consolidated aircraft a military aircraft manufacturer . 2 following the war girdler left consolidated to run republic s aviation department . republic steel was known for its labor problems during the depression . on memorial day may 26 1937 a strike escalated into the memorial day massacre of 1937 in which chicago police fired into an unarmed group of protesters and killed ten four outright . 3 4 5 this was documented by the 1937 short film republic steel strike riot newsreel footage . girdler never signed the labor contract . when girdler retired in 1945 charles m. white was named chairman of the company . white was a proteg of girdler s at jones & laughlin steel and was appointed assistant vice president in charge of operations at republic steel in may 1930 . 6 five years later when girdler was appointed president of republic steel white was promoted to take over girdler s role as vice president of operations . 7 in 1945 white was elected president of republic steel by the company s board of directors . he replaced rufus wysor who retired . 8 in 1960 at the age of 70 charles m. white retired as chairman of republic steel . he remained on the board of directors until 1966 9 and was given the title of honorary chairman . 10 thomas patton a private attorney who worked on the merger that formed republic steel was hired in 1936 to form republic s internal legal department . as general counsel in the 1930s and 1940s he negotiated with workers on behalf of management during the steel strikes . he went on to become president then chief executive and chairman . republic steel built a steel rolling mill in 1958 in cotorro cuba . plant manager ernest breedlove fled cuba with his new cuban bride when fidel castro confiscated the plant and shipped the newly installed machinery to the soviet union . 11 12 breedlove built another modern plant for compania fundidora de fierro y acero de monterrey s. a. in monterrey mexico 13 and later pioneered the mini mill concept at nucor steel . republic steel was one of the last major steel firms to use low phosphorus adirondack magnetites operating the chateaugay ore & iron company in lyon mountain new york from 1939 to 1967 . the chateaugay mine was one of the deepest commercial iron ore mines in the united states with stopes as much as 3 500 feet 1 050 m below the surface . republic steel remained prosperous until the 1970s when rising foreign imports labor costs and other factors caused severe stress at republic and throughout the steel industry in the u.s. in 1984 republic merged into the jones and laughlin steel subsidiary of the ltv corporation with the new entity being known as ltv steel . an employee stock ownership plan bought ltv s steel bar division and renamed it republic engineered steels in 1989 . in 1998 republic engineered steels merged with bar technologies to become republic technologies international . republic engineered products was established in december 2003 with the purchase of operating assets from republic engineered products llc . in july 2005 res was acquired by industrias ch s.a de c.v. ich . in september 2011 res changed it name to republic steel . 14 in april 2014 the company agreed to pay a 2.4 million fine to the occupational safety and health administration osha and agreed to settle alleged health and safety violations at four republic steel facilities in canton lorain and massillon in ohio and in blasdell new york . osha said they found over 100 violations of health and safety at the facilities run by republic . 15 see also edit memorial day massacre of 1937 little steel strike external links edit western reserve historical society history references edit borth christy . masters of mass production pp. 1103 114 16 248 51 bobbs merrill co. indianapolis in 1945 . borth christy . masters of mass production pp. 252 257 8 bobbs merrill co. indianapolis in 1945 . ahmed white the last great strike little steel the cio and the struggle for labor rights in new deal america . oakland university of california 2016 pp. 130 146 . bernstein irving . the turbulent years a history of the american worker 1933 1941 . reprint ed . chicago ill . haymarket books 2010 p. 487 490 . herman arthur . freedom s forge how american business produced victory in world war ii pp. 108 9 140 random house new york ny 2012 . isbn 978 1 4000 6964 4 . c.m. white with republic steel . new york times . may 5 1930 . thomas jr. robert mcg . charles white former chairman of republic steel dies in florida . new york times . january 11 1977 . charles m. white new president of republic steel corporation . new york times . may 10 1945 . white charles mcelroy . the encyclopedia of cleveland history . july 10 1997 . accessed 2012 03 13 . republic steel names new chief . new york times . december 20 1960 . cuban steel mill anglo american club directory of cuba 1960 compania fundidora de fierro y acero de monterrey s. a. floats shares for plant modernization history of republic steel republic steel fined 2.4 million for osha health and safety violations at lorain plant and 3 other facilities . cleveland.com . 28 april 2014 . retrieved 17 may 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title republic steel & oldid 743405769 categories manufacturing companies based in ohiodefunct companies based in clevelandsteel companies of the united statescompanies established in 1899companies disestablished in 1984former components of the dow jones industrial average1899 establishments in ohio navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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