Newsboy Strike of 1899

The Newspaper strike of 1900 was a powerful movement from young children against the major newspaper bosses, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

The newsboys, also called "newsies", were the main distributors of newspapers to the general public in the United States from the mid-19th through early 20th century.

The newsies were a group of young boys, generally living in orphanages, and who sold newspapers for pennies everyday

The leaders, Dave Simons and Louis "Kid Blink" Ballatt gathered newsies together to strike the low pay of newsies.

The newsies officially went on strike July 21, 1899 by protesting the newspaper companies.

The newsies fought for several days and eventually settled with Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst to get reimbursed for the unsold newspapers.

Newsies woke up at 5:00 Am to go buy their papers at Printing House Square.

100 hundred papers cost 50 cents.

The Journal and the World owned by Pulitzer and Hearst cause the newsboys strike of 1899.