Newsies were kids who would go on roads, or anywhere where there were people and sell newspapers in the 1800s. They were often orphans or poor young boys who needed money desperately. Newsies often aged 8 to 14 years old. Their working conditions were not pleasant. Newsies had to pay newspaper companies for the paper they wanted to sell. In order words, if the sold no newspaper for a day, not only they made no profit, but they have lost money. They had to do this, no matter how bad the weather was or how sick they were. In many ways, selling money was like gambling for the newsies. However, most of them made it through, and all the newsies stuck together. Angering them, will not take much, and that’s exactly how a group of newsies started