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Sad to see this. Not sure if it's a slap at people being like oooh 12 year olds did it but if that's the case it's more sad that they had to work at that age at all.
Not only did they strike but they struck back violently when responded to with violence. The police would come out and crack a few heads and they would dip out then later those same cops would end up getting beat near to death by literal children.
Since you didn't include a source for your claims I have no choice but to believe you fully. That's wild!
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/newsboys-strike/
I especially like the quote of one of the strikers: "Ain’t that 10 cents worth as much to us as it is to Hearst and Pulitzer, who are millionaires? Well, I guess it is. If they can’t spare it, how can we?”