Notes from Dr. Borkosky

At the time of his arrest, he was taken to Oak Street Station. Although the leaders of the strike, including Louis “Kid Blink” Ballatt and several other older salesboys, broke the strike after they were speculated to have been paid off by the owners of the Journal and the World, the two week strike was eventually successful after reducing paper sales by two thirds.. Teaching Activity. Two policemen tried to stop the onslaught and were nearly carried off their feet. Louis Ballat/Kid Blink. Failed to remove flower. This caused a huge inconvenience to the people of New York, causing the strike to attract attention not only throughout the city but eventually all of New England.

Describes the conditions and treatment that drove working children to strike, from the mill workers’ strike in 1834 and the coal strikes at the turn of the century to the children who marched with Mother Jones in 1903. He often made charismatic speeches in his heavy Brooklyn accent.

By Lewis W. Hine. We know wot we wants and we’ll git it even if we is blind.”.

The face of the strike was Louis "Kid Blink" Baletti. He is most referred to by his quote, " Friens and feller workers. This strike served as the inspiration for the Disney film Newsies, as well as the Broadway musical by the same name. We have 2 volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location.

We do not have any photo volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. ;-) He organized the big rally.

Add to your scrapbook. –Kid Blink, 1899. Sources guessed that Kid Blink was about 13 or 14 years old.

Several rallies drew more than 5,000 newsboys, complete with charismatic speeches by strike leader Kid Blink. ( Log Out /  The face of the strike was Louis "Kid Blink" Baletti. All the Love- Kid Blink irl. Lies were often reported as truth to gain readership (if you want a good though very-much earlier example, please have a look at the wikipedia article on The Great Moon Hoax). 1 Roosevelt Street.

Verify and try again. He was taxed with being in the pay of the boycotted papers. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Also see the resources below for teaching about labor history. The police hustled the boys away and in about ten minutes had the place clear of boys. For Edits select Suggest Edits on the memorial page.

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  This could be an error on the part of the reporters, but being as two different sources had no “i” sound at the end of the name, I believe it was Blink himself who gave the name “Ballatt.”. You mean the dwarf with the pimp cane? We have a volunteer within ten miles of your requested photo location. While his name is not mentioned, his address is. One can hardly blame them: they were a group of young men whose daily survival was based upon their own bravado. Your password must be at least 8 characters, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. He also went by the nicknames "Red Blink", "Muggsy McGee" and "Blind Diamond." Roland, 11-years old, 1924, Newark. To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click Suggest Edits.

His name is spelled Balletti as well as Baletti in articles regarding this event. The 1899 articles about Louis Ballatt’s arrest also list his address: 179 Park Row. New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.

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