Newsies Timeline

Competition between Pulitzer & Hearst rises

1890

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-newspapers-in-america-4097503

Opening of Ellis Island

Jan 1, 1892

https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/ellis-island

Hearst buys New York Morning Journal

May 23, 1895

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst

Hearst & Pulitzer Declare Truce

1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst

USS Maine Explodes in Havana Harbor

Feb 15, 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)

America Declares War on Spain

Apr 25, 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

Spanish-American War Ends

Aug 12, 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

The Newsboys are outraged with "Pape" prices

Jul 19, 1899

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899

The Newsboys Strike Officially Starts

Jul 20, 1899

https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/brooklyn-eagle/july-20-1899/

The City Sweep

Jul 22, 1899

https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/evening-telegram/july-22-1899/

Newsies Rally @ Irving Hall Sponsored by Sen. Sullivan

Jul 24, 1899

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899

Police begin paying more attention to Newsies' violence

Jul 25, 1899

https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/new-york-herald/july-25-1899/

Kid Blink tried for "High Treason", Acquitted

Jul 27, 1899

https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/new-york-tribune/july-27-1899a/

The World & Journal offer a compromise.

Aug 1, 1899

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899

Pulitzer and Hearst's Compromise Accepted, union disbanded

Aug 2, 1899

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899