Show TROUBLE IN FRISCO I FIRE DEPARTMENT SA SAN FRANCISCO March 11 holding n. Holding 1 that civil service rules have been rU ruthlessly ruthlessly ruth ruth- h 1 lessly Ignored by tho the new new board of ot fire commissioners eight battalion chiefs at atthe atthe atthe the San Francisco fire department who at ata ata a a. secret meeting of ot the board yesterday afternoon were reduced In rank will begin begin be be- gin today a legal fight to retain their 1 po pa- 0 The eight officers had won their positions as aa a result of ot a civil service examination during the administration of ot Mayor Taylor P. P H. H McCarthys McCarthy's predecessor cessor Eight night captains have been appointed appoint appoint- ed to succeed them The action of ot the board has caused much apprehension In the department as asIt asIt asit It Is supposed to forecast a complete upheaval upheaval up up- and reorganization The board justifies Its removal of ot the battalion chiefs on the allegation t that at they held their positions Illegally maintaining maintaining main main- taming that th their ir civil service examination examination examination examina examina- tion was fraudulent This examination Is the subject of a suit now pending In Inthe inthe the appellate court |