#newsboys strike of 1899

[lighten-up-no-one-died]

Y’ALL HEAR ME OUT

What if Newsies like had a series? Like it’s one of those series where you don’t gotta start on season one because each season tells a different story? Like there will be around like 10-15 seasons. Like each year, they would pick some fans head cannons so they become cannon? And it would be about a newsies life, like it starts from them becoming a newsie to what will happen after the strike. For example, a popular one is that the woman in Carrying The Banner is Spot’s mother, LIKE what happened between them?! LIKE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

[extra-sketch]

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

[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

“You have a very interesting face. Ever think about gettin’ into moving pictures?” “You really think I could?” “Sure, buy a ticket, they let anyone in!” -Albert

And many more but i cant remember them 😢

[highfalutin-son-of-a-gun]

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

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

125 Years Ago: Newsies Go On Strike

“Ye don’t sell no more World ’r Joinal ’r ye git yer face punched in — see?” [source]

B. West Clinedinst, “The Hottest Strike of Midsummer. The newsboys of New York, who struck against the price charged by some of the one-cent newspapers, attacked the men who took their places and destroyed the boycotted newspapers–Scene on Frankfort Street, near Newspaper Row,” Leslie’s Weekly, Aug. 12, 1899. [source]

On July 18, 1899 the newsies of Long Island City, Queens tipped over a Evening Journal distribution wagon in protest against the continued wartime price of 60 cents per hundred newspapers. The price change had been implemented during the Spanish-American War of the year before to profit off of increased wartime sales. But now that the war was over, the newsies wanted price to be returned to it's prewar 50 cents per hundred. On July 19, three hundred newsies met in City Hall Park and pledged to strike against the New York World and the Evening Journal.

Over the next two weeks, the strike would not only spread to all five boroughs, but to the newsies of a number of cities and towns across the northeast, all refusing to sell the World and the Journal. [source]

The strike would end with a compromise; the World and Journal would keep the price of their papers at 60 cents, but any unsold papers could be bought back. This compromise was accepted on August 2.

The Newsboy's Strike of 1899 would inspire several other child labor strikes in the years to come. [source]

Delivering Newspapers, 1899. [source]

[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

[scottyzoomz]

Once and For All makes me really emotional for some reason.

Like imagine being newsies who feel like their rights aren't being validated. They're not being heard and they're fighting back, sure there are ups and downs but look at them! They know they're at the finale of the war they're in and the things they went through to get there makes it memorable.

Its not just newsies that can do this, it also reminds me that anyone can do this. Not just adults but us minors too. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE YOUNGER THAN THEM DOESNT MEAN WE DONT HAVE RIGHTS!! IT DOESNT MEAN WE CANNOT BE HEARD!! IT DOESNT MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STATE OUR OPINIONS!! THEY DONT WANT TO HEAR US?? THEN WE'LL MAKE THEM.

And because of that? We could change the future. We CAN do it, it's scary at first yeah but history also proves that we can do it.

Newsies has opened up a new world for me, and for others too. Newsies had helped me tried out new things, it had also helped me gain confidence.

Without Newsies, this blog wouldn't had been created. Without Newsies, I wouldn't had tried out theatre. Without Newsies a lot of us might not have been here.

[geonij31]

Katherine’s turn!!!

This one was actually harder for me to give a breakdown of (included Sarah from the 1992 movie too because I feel like she fits). Katherine has Sarah’s nose, and some of her moles. I loved the hair done for Cailen Fu at TUTS and Bronté Barbé on the West End, and the broach on the TUTS costume. I gave her a combination of Kara Lindsay and Cailen Fu’s chin/jaw, but of course Katherine has Kara Lindsay’s iconic (and wonderful) smile. I also tried to give her Kara’s wide, expressive eyes. Finally, once again, I gave her the vest from my own Katherine costume I made over the summer, which the shape of was inspired by the West End costume, and the colours of the Broadway costume.

I probably won’t do any other detailed portraits like this, as not ALL of the cast of Newsies are combinations of various actors in my head (For example: Racetrack is just Ben Cook). But you never know.

[lighten-up-no-one-died]

Felt like posting because it’s almost my birthday

Race is somewhat mildly good with kids. LIKE FIGHT ME ON THIS ONE. LOOK AT HOW MOVIE RACE IS TREATING LES IN THE WORLD WILL KNOW REPRISE, YOU SEE?

[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

[nycnewsgirl]

It’s that time of year again…happy strike day fansies

[highfalutin-son-of-a-gun]

“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!!!”

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

“Ten cents in the dollar is as much to us as it is to Mr. Hearst the millionaire. Am I right? We can do more with ten cents than he can do with twenty-five... If they can’t spare it, how can we? I’m trying to figure how 10 cents on 100 papers can mean more to a millionaire than it does to newsboys, an’ I can’t see it!” - Louis "Kid Bink" Baletti

(reference under the cut)

[watchingwhathappens]

@ivys-head-is-spinning WHATS again!!!!???