Coal protesters unable to make bail

Environmental group Mountain Justice says six people arrested on trespassing charges during a coal-mining protest are still jailed.

The group said Sunday that the six have been unable to raise $2,000 cash apiece to make bail.

All six were arrested a day earlier at Richmond, Va.-based Massey Energy Co.'s Marfork Coal mining complex in Pettus. Mountain Justice says they were protesting Richmond, Va.-based Massey's plan to blast at the mine.

Mountain Justice says blasting could cause a coal slurry dam at the site to collapse. The arrests are the latest in a string of approximately a half-dozen trespassing incidents at Massey mines in West Virginia this year.

Massey operates mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia.

The Herald-Leader allows readers to comment on stories. The views expressed here are not those of the Herald-Leader or its staff. Readers must avoid personal attacks and libelous or inappropriate remarks. See our commenting policy here. Some comments may be reprinted in the newspaper. Registered user names are posted with comments.