Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : No Word on Progress in Coal Mine Strike
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Negotiators for the United Mine Workers and the Pittston Co. resumed marathon bargaining in closed sessions in hopes of ending a bitter 9-month-old strike by coal miners in three states. Although substantial progress was reported in meetings last week, there was no word of whether agreement was near in the third daylong session the two sides have held since taking a Christmas break. About 1,700 coal miners in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky are on strike against Pittston.
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