Exhibit 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.



                                        /s/ Roger G. Ackerman
                                           -------------------------
                                            Roger G. Ackerman







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.



                                       /s/ James R. Barker
                                   ------------------------------------
                                           James R. Barker








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.



                                      /s/ James L. Broadhead
                                        ----------------------------
                                          James L. Broadhead








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.



                                      /s/ William F. Craig
                                   -------------------------------
                                         William F. Craig








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.


                                       /s/ Gerald Grinstein
                                        ------------------------------
                                           Gerald Grinstein








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.



                                      /s/ Ronald M. Gross
                                     -----------------------------
                                          Ronald M. Gross








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 1999.



                                       /s/ Carl S. Sloane
                                      ---------------------------
                                           Carl S. Sloane








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute
and appoint  Michael T. Dan,  Austin F. Reed and Robert T.  Ritter,  and each of
them  severally  (with  full  power  of  substitution),   his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and
agents may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  The  Pittston  Company,  a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules,  regulations and  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,  in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Key Employees'  Deferred  Compensation  Program of The Pittston  Company and the
1994  Employee   Stock  Purchase  Plan  of  The  Pittston   Company,   including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company,  as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or  post-effective  amendments  thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of May, 1999.



                                        /s/ Robert T. Ritter
                                        --------------------------
                                            Robert T. Ritter