SC 14D1/A

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 10
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                       AND
                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 12)
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                      GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                                 WHX CORPORATION
                              GT ACQUISITION CORP.
                                    (Bidders)

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.25 PER SHARE
           (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS)
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   379335 10 2
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                MR. RONALD LABOW
                              CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                                 WHX CORPORATION
                              110 EAST 59TH STREET
                               NEW YORK, NY 10022
                            TELEPHONE: (212) 355-5200
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
           to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidder)

                                 with a copy to:


                              STEVEN WOLOSKY, ESQ.
                 OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP
                                 505 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                            TELEPHONE: (212) 753-7200





                  This  Statement  amends and  supplements  (i) the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule 14D-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December  17,  1998,  by GT  Acquisition  Corp.  (the  "Purchaser"),  a Delaware
corporation  and a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of WHX  Corporation,  a  Delaware
corporation (the "Parent"),  to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock,  par  value  $0.25  per  share  (the  "Shares"),   of  Global  Industrial
Technologies,  Inc. (the  "Company"),  including the associated  Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights (the "Rights") issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as
of October 31,  1995,  as amended on February  16,  1998,  September  18,  1998,
October 5, 1998 and  February 9, 1999 (as so amended,  the "Rights  Agreement"),
between  the Company and The Bank of New York,  as Rights  Agent,  at a price of
$10.50 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon,  upon the
terms and subject to the  conditions  set forth in the Offer to Purchase,  dated
December  17,  1998 (the  "Offer to  Purchase"),  as amended  by the  Supplement
thereto dated May 21, 1999 (the  "Supplement") and the related revised Letter of
Transmittal  (which,  together  with  any  amendments  or  supplements  thereto,
constitute  the  "Offer")  and (ii) the  Schedule  13D filed by the Parent,  the
Purchaser and Wheeling  Pittsburgh  Capital Corp., a wholly owned  subsidiary of
the Parent,  with respect to the Shares.  Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein shall have the  meanings  assigned to such terms in the Offer to Purchase
and the Schedule 14D-1.

ITEM 10.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

                  Item 10 is hereby amended and  supplemented  by adding thereto
the following:

                  On May 26, 1999, the Parent issued a press release in response
to the  Company's  recent  rejection  of the Offer and the  postponement  of the
Company's  annual  meeting.  The foregoing  description  of the press release is
qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the press  release  which is
attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(22) and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding thereto the following

        (a)  (22)   Text of press release of WHX Corporation dated May 26, 1999.




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                                    SIGNATURE


                  After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief,
the  undersigned  certifies that the  information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.

Dated: May 26, 1999
                                         WHX CORPORATION


                                         By: /s/ Stewart E. Tabin
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                                            Name:   Stewart E. Tabin
                                            Title:  Assistant Treasurer



                                         GT ACQUISITION CORP.


                                         By: /s/ Stewart E. Tabin
                                            ------------------------------------
                                             Name:   Stewart E. Tabin
                                             Title:  Vice President

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 (a)  (22)     Text of press release of WHX Corporation dated May 26, 1999.   5






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EX-99.(A)(22)

                                                                 Exhibit (a)(22)

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


         WHX RESPONDS TO GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY'S REJECTION OF IT
           $11.50 PER SHARE TENDER OFFER AND REQUESTS REINSTATEMENT OF
                                 ANNUAL MEETING

New York - May 26, 1999 - WHX Corporation (NYSE: WHX) announced today that it is
disappointed with Global Industrial Technology's (NYSE: GIX) recent rejection of
WHX's $11.50 per share tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding  shares of
Global, as well as with the postponement of its annual meeting.

WHX issued the following statement in response to yesterday's  announcement from
Global:

                  "This  latest  maneuver  is yet  another  attempt by  Global's
management and board of directors to subvert shareholder  democracy and to avoid
having to answer  unpleasant  questions about their  stewardship of the company.
Coming on the heels of the recommendation by Institutional  Shareholder Services
supporting  WHX's  efforts to elect a single  dissident  nominee to the Board of
Directors,  it is no  surprise  that Global  would  rather  delay  shareholders'
ability to register their  dissatisfaction with the current management and board
of directors."

                  "Having tied  themselves up in an exclusive  negotiation  pact
for the second time this month,  the Global board of directors is now using that
arrangement as an excuse to procrastinate and delay the annual meeting. When the
first exclusive negotiation period expired, Global announced it was no longer in
any merger  discussions,  only to reverse  course later that day.  Frankly,  all
shareholders  should  regard  these  exclusive  pacts  with a  large  degree  of
skepticism,  and should  join WHX in  contacting  Global  directly to demand the
reinstatement of the May 28 annual meeting."

WHX is a holding  company that has been structured to invest in and/or acquire a
diverse group of businesses on a decentralized  basis.  WHX's primary businesses
currently  are  Handy  &  Harman,  a  diversified  manufacturing  company  whose
strategic business segments encompass,  among others, specialty wire and tubing,
and precious metals plating,  stamping and fabrication,  and Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation,  a vertically integrated manufacturer of value-added and flat
rolled steel products.  WHX's other businesses include Unimast  Incorporated,  a
leading  manufacturer  of steel framing and other  products for  commercial  and
residential  construction and WHX Entertainment Corp., a co-owner of a racetrack
and video lottery facility located in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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Contacts:
                  Abernathy MacGregor Frank
                  Patricia Sturms/Kate Huneke
                  (212) 371-5999