After receiving delayed paychecks a group of coal miners ended a blockade of a coal train on CSX tracks near Pikeville, Kentucky.
The miners, who are employed by Quest Energy, had claimed that they had not been paid for three weeks of work.
They had stood on the tracks of the CSX Coal Run Subdivision to prevent a 120-car train from leaving a loading facility.
The standoff ended after the miners were paid by Quest.
American Resources Corporation, which owns Quest, said it has apologized to the miners and said the protesters would not lose their jobs.
The blockade had prompted a confrontation between about 40 other Quest employees and managers and the protesting miners that resulted in Kentucky State Police being called to the scene. CSX Railroad Police were also called in as well.
The 40 employees and managers had sought to persuade the protesters to leave so the train could be released.
The train in question had 120 cars of metallurgical coal used in steel production. It was bound for Newport News, Virginia.
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