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Show A FATAL. ENCOUNTER. Tragic Remit of the Iron Moldcm' Strike at dan Francisco. ' The iron molders' strikeat San Francisco culminated tho other evening in a tragedy. When the trouble between manufacturers manufactur-ers and employes began some time ago Walter Kldcout, a non-unionist, secured a position with the City Iron works. He re- fused to listen to the appeals of the strikers, and finally, it is said, was threatened with violeuce. At any rate, while riding in ,a cable car on Powell street he got into ' an altercation with a union man, named Jlenry A. ' ' . Sievert. Blows HENRY A. 8IKVERT. were exchanged as well as epithets, and then the panic stricken passengers heard a pistol shot and saw Sievert fall mortally wounded. Hideout surrendered to the police. Ho claimed that he had been assaulted, and that ho fired in self dofonse. However, when he was brought before the dying man the latter made oath as follows: fol-lows: "Realizing that I am about to die I make this my dying statement. My name is Henry A. Sievert. I got on the car, and he (naming Rideout) bogan to shake his pistol pis-tol in his pocket. I said nothing to him. He put on a terrible look. Ho shot through hiB coat, I said, 'Don't shoot.' I scuffled with him to prevent his shooting. I wus never acquainted with him. I knew him by sight and knew where he worked. I have nothing more to say. That is the niau thnt shot me; I am positive that is the man. I think his name is Rideout, or Rhiuehart." A |