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Founder of a West Virginia City Steel Pioneer Ernest Weir Dies
Ernest T. Weir founder of National Steel Corp and builder of Weirton Steel died at 81 after a long illness in Philadelphia. He rose from a $3 weekly office boy in 1890 to lead a major steel empire and fought efforts to force unionization, winning in court. Funeral services set for Friday at Trinity Cathedral Pittsburgh.
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Philadelphia
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corp
Weir
United Steel Workers
National Steel
Pittsburgh
Monongahela, Pa
Works of American Tin Plate Co
Jackson Sheet & Tin Plate Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
Phillips
Crawford’s Crossing
West Virginia
Weirton
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton Steel
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Hanna Iron Ore Co
Hanna Furnace Corp
Amalgamated Assn. of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers
United Steelworkers Union
Hugh Johnson
National Recovery Administration
United Steelworkers
National
Trinity Cathedral