english: newsies
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“Seize the Day”
The Real Story of the Newsboys of NYC
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When / Where?
1884-1899 …. New York City
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At this time in America’s history, there was no law againstchild labor (children working)
If a family was poor, they sent their children to workto help with the finances.
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Children & Teens worked in factories
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They worked on farms
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And in New York City, there were thousandsof children working as NEWSBOYS
As you can see… they “grew up” very early in life…
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A Newsboy’s job was picking up a heavy stack of newspapers, yelling out the big story of the day tomake customers buy their papers.
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They were paid by William R. Hurst.
He was the publisher ofthe U.S. most popularnewspaper.
He also paid the newsboys barelyenough to live.
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For some boys, Hurst allowed them to stay togetherin dormitory-style housing. But it wasn’t for free –
Hurst charged the boys and took part of their smallearnings.
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Other newsboys were homeless andlived outside.
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They lived and worked together like brothers – helping takecare of each other.
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Small groups of newsboys started to gather together to voicetheir frustration about not being paid properly.
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For years, the groups grew larger and larger.
Finally, in 1899, the newsboys decided to GOON STRIKE. They refused to sell any more papers until they were properly paid.
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Their strike was working. They reduced paper salesfrom 325,000 to only 125,000
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Finally, the demands were met, and they were paid a higher wage for their work.
More boys were also offered housing.
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Disney made a musical about this event in history. The movie was so popular, it was turned into a live Broadway play.
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