#Newsboy strike

[crystaltreebee]

And so the Strike begins

“I think we’ll win this fight all right. I ain’t made 20 cents this week, but I can stand a heap of that and so can all the Brooklyn boys. Don’t you touch Worlds or Journals until they give us a decent deal. We’re putting them out of business fast and they know it.” -Race Track Higgins at the Strikers Rally, July 24 1899

Today 125 years ago the Newsboy Strike in New York began.

Prominent leaders include

Race Track Higgins leader of the Brooklyn boys, who spoke commonly in horse and race metaphors,

Louis ‘Kid Blink’ Balletti, an 18 year old Italian American who was later accused of scabbing (he wrote a Newboy poem because of this),

David Simmons, a 21 year old who’d been selling papers since age 8 who stepped down as union president after being accused of betraying the strike,

Morris Cohen, little is known but he stepped up after Kid Blink and David Simmons were accused of scabbing,

Henry Butler, leader of the upper manhattan Newsies after Kid Blink, was arrested for blackmail for telling executives at New York World he wouldn’t stop the strike for anything less than $600

Annie Kelly, one of the few Newgirls loyal to the strike, she spoke at the rally after being pulled on stage by other newsboys.

[extra-sketch]

The Newsies (happy 125th anniversary to the end of the Newsboys' Strike of 1899)

[wekiaam]

"One for all, and all for one!"

Today marks 125 years since the start of the newsboy strike against The World and The Journal! Here's my revamped version of the strike picture that I made last year!

Last year's version and which newsie is which under the cut 🗞🪧👞

[kellyscowboy]

the world: we're raising the paper price

the newsboys of 1899:

[a-ragtag-gang-of-raggamuffins]

July 18, 1899

125 years ago, a group of newsboys in Long Island City went on strike against Joesph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst after the price for papers was raised.

125 years ago, these kids changed the futures for years of children to come.

Happy Newsies Strike Day <3

[this-is-ali]

Happy 125th anniversary of the end of the Newsboys' Strike of 1899 to all who celebrate! 🎉🗞️

Those newsies paved the way for so many child-welfare practices across America. (And a damn good musical!) They are my heroes.

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"Nothing can break us, no one can make us give our rights away!"

[1zzyth3wizzy]

Underrated lines from Newsies Live

“All right, take it easy. It’s a bunch’a trees.” -Jack (After Medda talks about Jacks artistry)

“Miss Medda, you’re on!” “I am? How am I doin’? Aha! Ugh. *turns to Jack/Davey* Aha!” -Medda

“-And I never lied… I didn’t tell you everything.” -Katherine

“-Well I’ll call you sweetheart if you spot me 50 papes, huh?” “Drop the cash, and move it along!” “Oh, well whatever happened to romance?” -Race (that entire scene is probably one of my favourites)

“Hey Jack, you still thinkin’? “Sure he is. Can’t you smell smoke?” -Les and Race

And many more but i cant remember them 😢

[newsiesautismfrfr]

Happy Strike day!! Today the Newsboy strike of 1899 start in Long Island New York after a group of boys saw a distribution wagon, turned it over, chased the driver down the street and proceeded to tear up all the papers inside the wagon!

Everyone single newsie deserves a big round of applause 👏🏻

[crystaltreebee]

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[chaosfairy18]

Today a pic with a little less going on :) Have a Kid Blink re-draw of a scene in the movie! Isn't he great, our actual leader of the strike in real 1899? Yes he is Love to draw his hair btw, it looks so cool

[wekiaam]

"One for all, and all for one!"

124 years ago today, the newsies of New York started their strike against The World and The Journal!! To celebrate I made my own version of the front page picture<33

Here's which newsie is which!

Edit: here's this year's revamped version!

[lighten-up-no-one-died]

Something that lives in my mind rent free.

What if the 17 year old Jack doesn’t love Santa Fe as much as he used to anymore? Sure, he thinks about it and has fantasies about it… but it’s more of a like, “I have to go to Santa Fe because this is my persistence for it. I need to go there because I need to fulfill my own dreams for my younger self.”

[ya-what--ya-erster]

the strike was won today!!!!!!

I’m a nerd so I felt the need to post about it even tho y’all already know

I have a weird sense of joy over this

[a-ragtag-gang-of-raggamuffins]

“Newsies of New York City.. WE WON!!!”

125 years ago today, the newsboys of New York won their strike against Joesph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. These kids changed the lives for the generations to come, and were more inspirational than they could’ve dreamed of. And their story made a damn good musical!

“WE BEAT ‘EM!!!”

[claireverlasting]

Happy Strike Day everyone!! 125th anniversary 🥳

[yourlegacysnotyourstosee]

Anyways in honor of the Newsie strike anniversary, reminder that the strike was led by the disabled son of Italian immigrants. Reminder that girls were newsies as well. Reminder that MOST newsies were the children of Irish, Italian, or Russian immigrants. Quite a few were not born in America, and english was not their first language. Reminder that they were mostly catholic and jewish at a time when antisemitism and anti-catholicism was the norm. Reminder that many were disabled and homeless and sold papers in order to support their families. These kids were minorities that fought for their rights! Don’t forget that!