Arizona republican., 1910-06-22
STORY 0F PEONAGE
 BROUGHT ID PHOENIX
BY A COUPLE OF EXCITED MEX
 ICANS.
1t Turned Out On Investigation To Be
 Quite Different Thing.

I yesterday morning with a wierd story i of peonage in it's worst form right at
 the gates of the city. They were Henry Corales and Leonardo Aguilar,
 who wanted Jim Murphy to straight i en things out. They imbued the con- stable with some of their excitement
 and he went with them to see if such things as they had related actually ! had an existence.
 Corales was the complainant. He ! said that he and Aguilar were mem
 bers of hay baling outfit command
 ed by Leonardo Davilla. and that they
 had gone to the ranch of Justus Goe- bel to bale some hay; that when Da villa sought to pull out yesterday morning without treating the hay. Mir. Goebel and his son held up the
 outfit with guns. and that when Agui-
 lar and Corales made their escape it
 looked as if Davilla was about to be hog-tied to the GOebel ranch and
 made a fixture on the premises.
 MT. Goebel came to town later with the straight of the story. He said he had arranged last week with Da- villa for. the baling of the hay Mir. GOebel has a baler of his own, but
 he wanted the work done quickly, so that the field would be ready for the next irrigation He wanted to lose no time. for he is hopeful of getting eight cuttings from that twelve-acre field this season.
 He followed the directions of Da- villa, who ordered the cutting to be- gin on Sunday. that the baling might be commenced the next day. Accord ingly the cutting took place, and by Sunday night the field of twelve acres had been cut and by the next day at noon it had been raked ready for the baler. which was brought there a little before noon
 The outfit consisted of nine men. a lot of horses, a colt, a COW and a calf, and Davilla's wife. Though the hay was ready for baling, all of the outfit except two men left at noon of Monday and nothing was done that day About 6 o'clock yesterday morning MT. Goebel was informed by his son that the baler was about to leave. MT. GOebel found Davilla, and asked him about it. Davilla replied that he had come to bale hay, and that there was none worth while He did not think there was more than five tons, and he could not afford to monkey with that Mir. Goebel was sure that there was plenty
 Finally Davilla proposed to go ahead l with the baling, if Mir Goebel would pay him s97.50 for the time lost by the crew the day before Mir. Goebel said that it was not his fault that the time had been lost, for the hay was ready for the baler He thought l moreover, that $37.50 was an ex- travagant estimate of the lost time l Davilla said that was what his books | would show that it amounted to. Mir. l Goebel asked to see the books and said that he would be guided by them. He wanted the hay baled and l was willing to make concessions. Da- | villa refused to show the books, and | then MT. Goebel offered him $15.50. | That proposition was refused. and Da- villa fell back upon the small amount 1 of hay to be baled. He said that there was less than fifteen tons of it. |
 Mir. Goebel then made another offer. | He agreed that if there were not more than fifteen tons he would pay twice | what Davilla had asked for damages 1 for the idleness of the day before | i1iNiiii iNpiiCu liieil Ilt NOuih Nctht the offer if Mir. Goebel would put it | in writing and put up the money, and 1 he became insulting by telling Mr.I Goebel that his word was worth noth- ing to him.
 Mir Goebel is accustomed to resent | language of this sort, but he wanted | the hay baled. Accordingly he drew up a written agreement and put up the money. Again Davilla announced 1 that he would leave without delay; ! the baler itself had already gone.
 MT Goebel. hopeless of coming to | an amcable arrangement told Da- villa that since he was determined to 1 be obstinate, he would be charged | with $2 for the hay that the stock had consumed and $1 for the ap- praised value of watermelons that had been devoured He added that the horses and COW would not leave until a settlement of the claim had been made
 Davilla and his nine men were pre- pairing to take the stock away by force, when Mir Goebel presented rifle and guarded the way off the premises. It was then that Aguilar and Corales left with the message of peonage.
 After awhile they returned with the