Show WRIT OF MANDATE Ifisiicd at Suit or William Gilbert Against the Fire Commission William Gilbert by his attorneys Powers Straup Lippman yesterday yester-day afternoon presented In Chief Justice Merritts court a petition for an alternative writ of mandate against the police and flue commission for his reinstatement as a member of the fire department His honor ordered the writ to issue returnable May 24 The petition sets out that the peti tioner was unlawfully suspended on June 20 1894 and on August 1 dismissed dis-missed from tab department that on December 29 1894 tne Third district court annulled the dismissal and that on April 23 1895 the supreme court affirmed the ruling of the district court that on May C 1895 the petitioner petition-er demanded to be reinstated but was refused He therefore prays for a writ of mandate commanding the board to reinstate and restore him to his former position |