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In the movie "Newsies," Pulitzer decides to increase the price of newspapers for the newsboys, which sparks a strike as the newsies refuse to accept the higher prices. He hopes to increase profits by taking advantage of the newsboys' hard work and dedication without considering their well-being.
Not getting paid during their strike.
Pulitzer offers Jack a deal to end the strike and return to work at the newspaper for a raise, but Jack refuses because he wants better conditions for the newsies.
...selling newspapers
You gain a strike from the first two balls that you foul off. After that, you have to get a legitimate strike (no fouls since they no longer count as an out) to become out.
To soak someone means to beat them up, and scabs were anyone who didn't go on strike.
(At least in the musical adaptation) Joeseph Pulitzer made the newspaper price for the newsies 60 cents per hundred instead of 50. Thus, many woudn't be able to sell enough of them to get a profit. So they striked.
Spot Conlon is a Brooklyn newsie played by Gabriel Damon in the 1992 Disney musical Newsies. In real life, a man by the name of Spot Conlon was an assistant to the New York newsies during their strike, but he was not a newsie himself.
"Newsies" typically refers to individuals who sell newspapers on the streets. It can also refer to the group of newsboys involved in a strike against newspaper tycoons in New York City in 1899, which inspired the musical and movie titled "Newsies."
In 1899, newspaper prices were raised, so the newsboys of New York City went on strike.
yes, there were girl newsies
newsies were news boys back in the 1800s