• 1898: the Spanish–American Warincreased newspaper sales, which led to several newspapers raising the cost of newsboy's bundles from 50¢ to 60¢. After sales dropped, most papers reduced their costs back to 50¢, except the World and the Journal.

• July 18, 1899: a group of newsboys in Long Island City turned over a distribution wagon and declared a strike against the World and the Journal, asserting they would actively keep those papers from selling until prices were rolled back to 50¢ and would only sell other papers. The newsboys of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and other surrounding cities were quick to follow.
  • For a few days after the strike was declared, the newsboys used violence to keep people from selling those papers: any male caught selling the World or Journal was beaten, and his papers were destroyed, often police protection couldn’t save them.

• July 24, 1899: a rally was held at Irving Hall and almost eight thousand newsboys from all over New York attended. Many people made speeches, the most notable being Louis "Kid Blink" Baletti who was seen as one of the leaders of the strike and union president David Simmons who read out the list of newsboys demands and told everyone listening that they would not end the strike until their conditions were met but also asked the strikers to use non-violent methods.
  • Simmons speech was heeded, and most strikers stopped using violent methods, however it was because they didn’t really need to after that. There were two major factors that helped in this: flyers which newsboys hung explaining their cause and other newspapers which had begun reporting on the strike. This garnered sympathy from the public, so the majority of people agreed with the newsboys stopped buying the Worldand Journal on their own.

• July 26, 1899: a parade was supposed to take place where over 6,000 boys would march with a band and the lighting of fireworks, but this parade never happened as they couldn’t get a permit.

• August 1, 1899: the Worldand Journal refused their conditions but offered a compromise: the newsboy bundle would stay priced at 60¢, but whatever papers they didn’t sell would be bought back.

• August 2, 1899: This compromise was accepted by the newsboys which ended the strike.

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