Newsies Timeline By notdominick 1890 Competition between Pulitzer & Hearst rises https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-newspapers-in-america-4097503 Jan 1, 1892 Opening of Ellis Island https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/ellis-island May 23, 1895 Hearst buys New York Morning Journal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst 1898 Hearst & Pulitzer Declare Truce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst Feb 15, 1898 USS Maine Explodes in Havana Harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889) Apr 25, 1898 America Declares War on Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War Aug 12, 1898 Spanish-American War Ends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War Jul 19, 1899 The Newsboys are outraged with "Pape" prices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899 Jul 20, 1899 The Newsboys Strike Officially Starts https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/brooklyn-eagle/july-20-1899/ Jul 22, 1899 The City Sweep https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/evening-telegram/july-22-1899/ Jul 24, 1899 Newsies Rally @ Irving Hall Sponsored by Sen. Sullivan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899 Jul 25, 1899 Police begin paying more attention to Newsies' violence https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/new-york-herald/july-25-1899/ Jul 27, 1899 Kid Blink tried for "High Treason", Acquitted https://cityhallpark1899.com/newspaper-articles/new-york-tribune/july-27-1899a/ Aug 1, 1899 The World & Journal offer a compromise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899 Aug 2, 1899 Pulitzer and Hearst's Compromise Accepted, union disbanded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys'_strike_of_1899
