Newsies= Children newspaper sellers trying to make enough money to support their family and if they don't, who knows what would happen to the children...........
Newsies were another way of attracting child abuse. Back in the 1900s, child labor was involved and it included newsies which were little boys selling newspaper on the street. Sometimes the boys would be beaten up if they didn't do what they were supposed to do. Many of the kids had to walk around the streets and sometimes get taken advantaged of by the adults.