Striking miners at Federal No. 2 ordered back to work

摘要

A federal judge ordered striking miners back towork at the Federal No. 2 coal mine in Monongalia County,West Virginia late Friday, saying strike actions that beganearly Friday morning would result in “immediate and irreparableinjury” to the mine owner, Patriot Coal.The judge agreed with Eastern Associated Coal, a subsidiaryof Patriot Coal, which filed a complaint in US DistrictCourt, that members of the United Mine Workers of Americawere bound to arbitration to resolve disputes.