The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-24
Over Rejection of Candidate
For Membership in
American Academy.
Western Union Officials Are
Worried Over Prospect
of Operators Strike.
NEW YORK CURB TRADERS NER-
VoUs OVER POSSIBLE ACTION
OF VIGILANCE COMMITTEE"-
STREET RoBBERIEs NUMEROUS
-eREATER GOTHAM NEWS AND
6ossIP.
Special to The journal.

New York, Apr 23.-Art circles
were deeply stirred last week when
II became known that the National
Academy of Design had rejected some
of the most gifted and accomplished
candidates for associate membership
on the nomination list, nominated IN
recent years Out of thirty painters,
scuIptors and engravers on the nomi-
nation list, only 3 were elected assO-
ciates. These three were Joseph
Pennell, the etcher, and Robert
Brandegee, and Frederick Ballard Viii
liams, painters. Among those rejec-
ted were j. Campbell, Arthur B.
Davis, one of the rarest talents
American art has produced; Jerome
Myers, whose personal and sympa-
thetic view Of New York's east side
folk has brought him substantial
recognition from collectors and the
public; Ernest Lawton, Paul Cor
noyer, Colin c. Cooper, c. w. Haw-
thorne, Willard Metcalfe, and Edith
Woodman Burroughs. whose spirited
bronze statute, ''Circe" won the $500
Julia Shaw memorial prize. in the
current academy exhibition. Friends
OF the rejected artists assert that this
action by the academy means de-
hberate step backward by what ought
to be the most advanced organization
IN America. The impression, certain
~, is strong that something besides
just and honest and honorable choos-
ing dictated the choice that filled the
list with men who are subordinate
to nearly the whole list of those who
were rejected The public looks for
something else than this from an or
ganiZation that presumably represents
the higher and finer thought of the
period.
Operators May Walk Out.
Western Union officials are much
worried over the prospects opened by
a possible walk-out of operators,
cannot be averted except by a com
plete surrender on the part of the
company to the Commercial Tele-
grapher's Union of America Whether
this trouble will be delayed until
June, when there begins a heavy in
crease to me volume of the business.
or take place within a few days, the
company it is declared, will fight the
men to the end, on the ground tat
they have no grievance that will gain
for them any public sympathy. The
Western Union has never ac-
knowledged the American Telegraph
erS Union, but now the men are
wearing the union buttons and asking
what is going to, be done about it.
Anything approaching general
strike of the operators would para
lyZe Geographic communication
throughout the country, and the of
fcials are seeking to gain as much
time as possible in order to make an
effort to meet the emergency.
Curb Law Violations
Beware OF the Vigilance Commit
tee" was the warning whispered
about the curb the other day. Those
brokers who received warnings be-
came nervous and uncomfortable.
The Vigilance Committee of the curb
can ruin the business of those who
violate the curb rules, and the COM
mittee has been at work trying to
establish the identity of about thirteen
men who. IL is charged, were guilty
of violating one of the strictest rules