Homeless New York City newsboy Jack "Cowboy" Kelly befriends two newcomers to his trade, brothers David and Les Jacobs. When publisher Joseph Pulitzer sets new rules that make it harder for the young newspaper salesmen to make a buck, the boys go on strike. Bryan Denton, a journalist who's sympathetic to their plight, gives them some tips in public relations, as the newsboys' battle grips the city. (I know this is (almost) the Movie's literal definition when you look it up, but in the movie had some things cut from it that needed to be in it and I know it happened irl but I know it won't let me put Historical Nonfiction soooo)