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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 761312-10-7
EXHIBIT 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
This will confirm the agreement by and among all the undersigned that the
Schedule 13D filed on or about this date (the "SCHEDULE 13D") with respect to
the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of Reunion Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is being,
and any and all amendments thereto may be, filed on behalf of each of the
undersigned.
The undersigned hereby constitute and appoint John G. Poole their true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for them and in their names, places and steads, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Schedule 13D, and to file the
same and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to
be done, or have done or caused to be done prior to this date, by virtue hereof.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
will be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
Dated: June 30, 2000
JOHN GRIER FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: /s/ John G. Poole
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John G. Poole
General Partner
/s/ John G. Poole
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John G. Poole
