#newsboys strike of 1899

[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

[abovethefoldd]

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

- Les Jacobs on the strike, Newsies

[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. 

[nycnewsgirl]

Happy strike day fansies!

[beansschool]

Nothing like feeling pumped to join the Newsboys strike of 1899 only to find out that you were born in the wrong continent 100 years too late (and you don't sell newspapers)

[dragonflyace]

My newsies hyperfixation came back full swing and I've been rewatching so many old clips and cast stuff and I've missed this feeling. I've been introducing so many friends to it and infodumping about the actual strike to anyone that will listen.

[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!

[kellyscowboy]

the world: we're raising the paper price

the newsboys of 1899:

[str4wb3rry-newsboy]

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!

[walkman-cat]

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

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

in other news the river near where I live has reached a record flood high since

*gasp*

1899?

[be-more-chill-evan-hansen]

I'm so autistic for the Newsboys Strike of 1899

[crutchie-with-a-y]

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

[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.

[felt-squirrels]

HOLY SHIT IT’S JULY EIGHTEENTH GRAB YOUR NEWSPAPERS

[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