Here's some of me pals and fellow newsies. All nice fellows.
Morris Cohen: He's one of the leader of this strike, helped get it organized.
Back when we was sellin' papes instead of strikin', he sold about three hund'red papes
a day here in the park.
Boots McAleenan: He got quoted in the New York Times about what this
strike's all about. We're mighty proud of him, 'specially since he's only eleven!
Kid Blink: 'Nudder one of the strike leaders. He's blind in one eye, but he's
really good at making speeches.
Spot Conlon: Head of the Brooklyn newsies. Someone in the papes made the point
of mentionin' that he wears pink suspenders. Well, pink's betta than no suspenders at
all, I says.
Crutchy Morris: Not a bad kid, and pretty good at sellin' papes. He can't
walk too good, so that helps some. (Better than pretendin' to be a crip like a buncha
newsies do.)
Warhorse Brennan: He's the oldest newsie.
David Simons: He's the president of the union. Yesterday he an' Kid Blink were
accused of takin' a $400 bribe to end the strike, but was found to be clean.
Racetrack Higgins: Naturally he got his name 'cause he spends his time by the
racetracks. He's the one that organized the big rally we had the other day at Irving Hall.
Mush Meyers: Pretty smart kid. He figured a way for some of the others to get
at a scab standin' by a bull. We call him "mush" 'cause he likes takin' his goil to Corlears Hook Park on
Sunday evenings. Boy can the two of them get sappy!
What? Ya want to know more about me? Well, I guess I could tell ya . . . Here goes nothin'.
NOTE: These people were real newsies durning the strike, including Newspaper Annie. Not much is known about them, except for details here and there mentioned in the newpapers that covered the strike. I've taken the liberty to "create" them, making them real people with personalities to go along with their names, using facts about them when I could (such as the oldest, and the pink suspenders).
