European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gorbachev s fall triggers Coal Moscow apr hundreds of thousands of people defied the Kremlin coup leaders tuesday and shouted for the downfall of the military and communist party hard liners who ousted Mikhail s. Gorbachev. A the Junta that has come to Power will not Stop at anything to keep that Power a russian president Boris Yeltsin told a cheering waving crowd of More than see related stories on pages 3,4,13 and 17 150,000 that had massed at the russian parliament building. A they understand that things have reached the Point that if they lose they will lose not Only their armchairs but they will be seated on court  Coal miners in Siberia and the soviet far North walked off the Job tuesday heeding a Call by Yeltsin for a general strike to protest the overthrow of Gorbachev. But a spot Check of factories around Moscow found Little support for the strike according to Plant officials interviewed. At least two factories were on strike in Leningrad with the Shock of Gorbachev a ouster subsiding Yeltsin Scall for a general strike set up a crucial test of the new authorities resolve soviets commitment to change and the russian presidents popularity and ability to organize nationwide resistance. Elsewhere tuesday a demonstration in Leningrad Drew 200,000 people and one in the capital of the moldavian Republic Drew an estimated 400,000. Yeltsin demanded that the Kremlin a. A _ see protest on Page 2 a Soldier aboard a tank pleads with a soviet crowd that had massed near Moscow a red Square to get out of the Way on tuesday. Latvian broadcast studios seized As Post coup crackdown widens Riga . Apr soviet soldiers tuesday sized control of latvian broadcast studios and the int rat Telephone Exchange As the Post coup crack own widened through the breakaway Baltic republics. The Headquarters of the Peoples front of Latvia a Rass roots political group fighting for the Republic s in spend once was also raided by soviet special forces in russian information Agency reported from Riga. In Tallinn the capital of Estonia More than 100 Light pm Ord vehicles and trucks rolled into the City but 30k no immediate military action the estonian news Tency reported. Be Agency said a Fores Kork the Tallinn City Council chairman held talks with the soviet soldiers and was quoted As saying troops do not want to get involved with disturbances Willi civilians. But since mondays coup Kremlin backed forces have locked harbours and highways and stormed Media and communications centers in the Baltic republics Esto a Latvia and Lithuania which have been on the Tore front of secession drives among the soviet republics. A report tuesday said two people in Latvia were founded by soviet troops but gave no other details one Man a Driver of a minivan was reported shot and ii cd by soldiers in Latvia on monday. He was the first reported casualty of the coup that toppled Mikhail s. Gorbachev and brought hard liners a communist hard liners on monday declared them selves the new leaders of the Baltic and warned they would arrest any dissidents. The government of Latvia however issued a Resolution tuesday declaring it a crime to follow any Laws set Down by the coup leaders or military. I reports on tuesday said Lithuania was quiet. The republics parliament held an emergency session and appealed to soviet soldiers not to use Force against civilians or the republics freely elected government. The parliament also called for a dialogue with soviet military leaders to resolve the crisis. A we would like to believe that a Soldier of Russia knows not to participate in repression of soviet and other nations to not use weapons against peaceful residents who hunger for Freedom a the lawmakers said in a statement. The press department of Latvia a parliament said the soviet military occupied the Riga broadcast studio and the Centra Telephone and Telegram Exchange just before 5 . Tuesday. It had no details but people in Riga said that loud noises could be heard outside. The estonian news Agency said the military operations in Latvia began with shooting in the Square outside the broadcast building and that two radio employees were wounded. Latvian reports said a Man driving a minivan in Riga was shot and killed monday when he drove into an area that had been cordoned off. He was identified As Rai monds  weighs soviet Aid cuts London apr Western leaders tuesday considered cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in Aid to Moscow to protest Mikhail s. Gorbachev a ouster. Concern also Rose that regional crises could be affected by the coup. In financial markets tuesday stocks stabilized on most major exchanges after plunging when Gorbachev was ousted monday. T he Dollar and see West on Page 2 backed school a stars amp stripes 4 Page special