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Strike Initiation
- When
- July 1899
- Where
- New York City
A July 20 memo named Cohen as the boy who started the strike in New York City, following an earlier wagon incident in Long Island City.
On July 20, 1899, a memo from Joseph Pulitzer's business manager, Don Seitz, named Cohen as the boy who started the strike in New York City. On July 18, newsboys in Long Island City turned over a distribution wagon for the New York Journal, an incident that preceded the strike.
Sources
- Newsboys' strike of 1899 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09
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