(Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, July 31, 2019)
CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Miners frustrated over not being paid by a bankrupt coal company blocked a train moving coal from a mine in Harlan County on Monday and continued their protest into Tuesday. Miners and family members were gathered along the CSX tracks at Sand Hill Bottom, near Cumberland. The protest grew from the bankruptcy of Blackjewel LLC, a coal company that had several mines in Harlan County. About 1,100 miners in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia lost their jobs when the company shut down.
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