But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys' expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city ...

After Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow “newsies” go on strike. Aided by reporter Katherine Plumber, soon all of New York recognizes the ...

July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged.