Juliet Morgan looked out into the sea of faces. The tired, grimy faces of the girls she had worked next to at the J.P Oliver textile factory since she had come to New York City from Boston, Massasschusetts at the age of 9.

        "I aint sayin dat a strike would solve all our problems" she explained "But maybe if we git ourselves hoid, if we git one person ta say "dis isn't right" den it'll be worth it. Tink about it, how many more sistas and friends do we gotta lose, before we stand up for ourselves?"

        Another "accident" had claimed another girl. Alley Carter had only been seven when her arm got caught in an Industrial iron. The smallest of the crew, she had been chosen to fix the iron because of her small hands. It had been turned on accidently. Her screams could be heard through out the factory.

        "I'm wit ya Jay" said Stress Lynch.

        "Me too" replied Rae Kelly coming up to stand with her two best friends.

        "I'm in" said Crescendo Carter, Alley's 17 year old sister.

        Juliet smiled as the girls chimed in their participation.

TWO DAYS LATER….

        "Hey Jack!" yelled Kid Blink "Look at dis"

        "What?" asked Jack as he looked down at the paper.

        Factory Worker's Go On Strike

        Brian Denton, New York Sun

          In a move startling reminiscent of the Newsies strike last year, the young female workers at J.P Oliver Textile Factory have declared themselves on strike. When asked for their reasoning, their young leader Juliet Morgan replied "Mister, I saw a seven year old be ironed to death. What do you think?" Stress Lynch explained in more depth "All we want is to work in a place where we'll be safe. Thirty girls work on our level Mister Denton, and last month five of them died. From accidents and diseases." Haunting statements from girls so young.

          "Are she crazy?" asked Jack.

          "What should dey say?" asked Bookie Andrews as she shoved her short brown hair out of her eyes.

          Juliet shrugged and looked at the blank sheets of paper.

          "How about We Just Want To Be Safe?" asked Aki Anderson.

          Juliet smacked the younger girl on the shoulder.

          "Nice!" she said smiling.

          Juliet lit a cigarette and walked out of the Boarding House where the girls stayed.

          "Ya scared?" asked Mist.

Juliet wrapped an arm around Mist's shoulders.

          "Nah" she said .

          "Well, I'm scared"

          "Dats okay" said Juliet "Aint nuttin gonna happen to us, as long as we stick togedda"

          "Well, I tink dere brave" said Holiday as she and Bumlets walked into Tibby's.

          "I tink dere crazy" replied Kid Blink "I mean dere only goils"

          "Only goils?" asked Popcorn "I tink ya may want ta rephrase dat"

          Kid Blink smiled when he saw the looks he was getting from the female newsies.

          "Well…um.." he stammered.

          "Dere jus regular goils" offered Jake "Dey aint newsgoils"

          "So?" asked Spin glaring at her boyfriend "If we was dem, would ya tink we couldn't do it?"

          "A course not" replied Jake.

          "Guess what!" yelled Fearless as she ran through the door "Dere holdin a rally! Tonight! At Da park!"

          Skittery grabbed his girlfriend's arm.

          "Slow down Fear, whose havin a rally?" he asked.

          "Da Factory woikers" she replied "Rae and Stress were handin out dese flyas"

          Jack took one and looked at it. Tonight at 7 he thought, wow they move fast.

          "We outta go" said Jack "show our support"

          "Hey Rae!" yelled Spot as his girlfriend walked past him "Wait up!"

          "Hey Spot" she said kissing him "So?"

          "Each of mah boys took some flyas wit dem." He replied.

          "Thanks Conlon" said Stress "Mighty good of ya ta help us"

          "Have ya talked to Jack?" asked Spot "He'd probably help"

          "Nah," said Stress "Jay's got sumptin against Kelly"

Yeah?

Carryin Da Banner,

Revolution