#the newsboy strike of 1899

[str4wb3rry-guy]

newsies fun fact of the day #4:

the rally in meddas theatre in the musical actually happened! it was held at irving hall instead of the bowery theatre, but it was in manhattan! several newsies made speeches, but the most notable ones were made by racetrack higgins, kid blink, and annie kelly!

#sixs newsies facts #newsies #newsies strike of 1899 #the newsboy strike of 1899 #newsboy strike of 1899 #the newsies strike of 1899 #newsies broadway #newsies 1992 #1992sies #92sies #newsies the musical #racetrack higgins #kid blink #annie kelly #newsies history #miss medda #medda larkin #medda larkson

[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!

#newsies #newsies broadway #broadway #newsies fanart #fanart #2dsies #livesies #newsies 2017 #newsboy strike of 1899 #concept art #newsies concept art #jack kelly #davey jacobs #les jacobs #crutcie morris #racetrack higgins #albert dasilva #newsies musical

[kellyscowboy]

the world: we're raising the paper price

the newsboys of 1899:

#NUH UH #newsies #92sies #newsies 1992 #uksies #livesies #the newsboys strike of 1899 #< that tag feels so serious help me #˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ newsies // memes ❥

[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

#newsies #92sies #kid blink #newsboys strike of 1899 #kid blink newsies #let him have his eyepatch

[abovethefoldd]

“We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good.”

- Les Jacobs on the strike, Newsies

#les is an icon #idk if you guys can tell but i have a soft spot for the jacobs siblings #newsies #livesies #newsies live #newsies the musical #newsies musical #newsies 1992 #92sies #newsies uk #uksies #les jacobs #les newsies #les jacobs newsies #newsboys strike of 1899 #incorrect newsies quotes

[thatgaynewsies]

What are two special interests that have nothing to do with each other, but fallowed a similar path of interest.

I’ll start Greek mythology and unions both started from a surface level description, that could be its own special interest, newsies, and Percy Jackson and spiraled. 

#greek mythology #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #heroes of olympus #newsies #autism #actually autistic #special interest #apollo #athena #artemis #zuse #Hara #newsies live #92sies #newsies 1992 #unionize #union #unions #labor unions #newsboys strike of 1899 #history #labor rights #laboratory #labor strike #child labor

[walkman-cat]

it's the 124th anniversary of the 1899 newsboy strike :] !

#newsies #1899 newsboys strike #happy newsboy strike birthday!! #davey rambles

[crutchie-with-a-y]

A couple days late, BUT HAPPY 123RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEWSBOYS’ STRIKE OF 1899!!!

#newsies #newsies fandom #newsies fanfic #newsies fanfiction #newsies imagine #broadway #jack kelly #musicals #racetrack higgins #broadway musicals #newsies live #1992sies #race newsies #newsboy strike of 1899 #newsboy strike

[newsboys-of-1899]

Hello, research paper person here, what exactly was the outcome of the strike? From the World’s statement, it seems as if nothing changed. However the World is one of the boycotted newspapers so I’m not sure if that is completely trustworthy?

Good instinct! Always question the bias of a source.

In this case, the boycotted papers remained at 60¢/100, but the papers offered buybacks on unsold papers. This meant the boys’ profit margins stayed the same but their working conditions improved as they didn’t have to stay out all night or eat the loss on unsold papers. That was the only change from the newsboys’ point of view.

From the perspective of the papers, though, a lot changed. The World and Journal’s popular image was tarnished and they no longer enjoyed the monopoly they’d held over the news before. People were buying other papers, including a smaller production known as the New York Times, dunno maybe you’ve heard of it, and the World and Journal couldn’t stop them.

From a business methods standpoint the strike also changed things. Faced with a shared threat, the two former rival papers started working together. This deal wasn’t ultimately enough to save them, but it did change their day-to-day operations quite a bit.

#newsies #history #asks #newsboys #newsboy strike of 1899

[str4wb3rry-guy]

newsies fun fact day 3:

we dont actually know who the leader of the manhattan newsies was. several newsboys claimed to be the leader, including, but not limited to, one "jack" sullivan. however, the most widely accepted leader was actually kid blink, but he unfortunately turned scab about a week into the strike. some think he took bribes, but he denied those accusations and was ultimately acquitted. he was later replaced by a newsboy called Young Monix.

#kid blink had a lot of names he went by #but kid blink is the most commonly used #kid blink #jack kelly #jack sullivan #newsies #newsies strike of 1899 #the newsies strike of 1899 #the newsboy strike of 1899 #newsboy strike of 1899 #newsboys #newsies the musical #newsies 1992 #1992sies #92sies #newsies broadway #newsies history #sixs newsies facts #newsboy

[felt-squirrels]

HOLY SHIT IT’S JULY EIGHTEENTH GRAB YOUR NEWSPAPERS

#I FORGOT #THEN I DIDN’T #newsies #newsboy strike of 1899 #strike. #strike #strike strike strike strike strike stoke storm strike #ohhhhhhhhhhh STRIKE

[pigeonwit]

god didnt give me artistic skill because he knew id make the funniest crossover art of uksies davey and billie the kid's david frances and the ryan kopel stannies just wouldn't be able to handle it

#davey: hi #david: (having rancid flashbacks to the 'would you fuck your clone' meme) i have a conundrum #or alternatively: #davey: i was in the newsboys strike of 1899 :) #david: (foaming at the mouth) thhats so fcukign METAL... #dang. i gotta learn how to draw. #newsies #uksies #billie the kid #ryan kopel

[letter-from-the-refuge]

Hey, I'm a huge fan of thinking of Crutchie as Jewish. But do you have a citation for the historical Crutch Morris being Jewish. Or are you basing this on Marty Belafsky?

Based on history! We don’t have one exacting citation, but a common hypothesis based on the pieces of citable information we do have.

The most conclusive simply being the fact that the overwhelming majority of people named Morris, a very Jewish name originating from Moshe, are themselves; especially given the time and place in history, when 40% of newsies who answered the 1901 NYC census were Jewish and there weren’t abundant legal or marital ways for a man’s name to be changed in the usa like there are today. Could this have been a false name like Jack Kelly or Blink? Of course, (though I doubt he would have recorded a false name when he was an elected official of the newsboy union) so, as with all other information, this has to be taken with a grain of salt.

We also have one photograph that is commonly associated to be Crutch Morris that many past historians have made the presumption from:

[im going to edit this to add the picture give me a few minutes sorry]

This photo is commonly MIS-ASSOCIATED with Louis Hines’ work documenting New York’s working children in the 1930s. THIS IS INCORRECT. It appears nowhere in his published work. So much as a reverse image search tells us this is actually an undated photograph from the New York Historical Society Archive. @newsieshistory (their presence here is greatly missed) was able to match up the windows in the background to those on the Duane Street Newsboy Lodging House (the actual lodge house the one in the film is based on, where Kid Blink, Crutch Morris, Dutch[y] Johnson, [Swifty] the Rake, Bumlets, Snoddy, Pie Eater, Snipeshooter, among others really lived according to both articles on the strike and nyc census records), while it was operating as a newsboy lodge house, sometime c. 1890-1920. This could be another newsie that lived there during those years meeting the description of Crutch from the rally article, but its as close to a known photo as exists.

I am certain there is more, but I’m currently in the process of moving my historical documents out of google drive to fight the ai so I do not currently have access to my archive, I will attempt to add more tomorrow.

#crutch Morris #crutchy morris #newsies #namesakes #newsboy strike of 1899 #historical #ask #answered #ill-say-anything-I-hafta #jewsies #coining that here and now

[nycnewsgirl]

Happy strike day fansies!

#newsies #1899 newsboys strike #newsboys strike of 1899 #real life events

[fiddler-sticks]

Happy newsboy strike day to all who celebrate!!!!

#newsies #newsboy strike of 1899

[ace-with--a-mace]

hi guys im back in an era.

#carrying the banner or whtvr except the banner is 2017-2021 me everytime i think about the newsboy strike of 1899 #l speaks #shut up l #its crazy the effect newsies in general has on me its like a core part of my identity i tear up everytime i think about it