Exhibit 10(a)


                     AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC
                      SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLAN
               (as amended and restated effective January 1, 1997)


                  Cleveland-Cliffs Inc ("Cleveland-Cliffs") hereby amends the
Cleveland-Cliffs Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (as amended and restated
effective January 1, 1997) (the "Plan") pursuant to Paragraph 8.A. as follows:

         1.       Paragraph 3(c) of the Plan is amended by inserting the words 
"or inactive" after the word "active" and before the word "Employee" in the last
proviso of such paragraph.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc pursuant to the order
of its Board of Directors, has executed this Amendment No. 1 to the Plan this
31st day of March, 1998, to be effective November 1, 1997.

                                         CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC



                                         By: /s/ R F Novak
                                            -------------------------------- 
                                            Vice President - Human Resources