New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
here, ne said he disposed Of $4,000
worth OF Canadian bonds for the union.
S.
Miners Raised 500, 600
From Hartman Bank
Fund for Ford and Shelter
OF Families Borrosged on
Personal Notes OF Lenders

Joseph w. Hartman, president Of the
Hartman National Bank, sgt Fifth Ave.
nue., declined yesterday afternoon to
afiirm or deny the report that the Har.
timan National had lent 100000 TO the
United Mine Workers of America tc
help ito purchase food and shelter fol
the striking miners and their families
He did, however, fatty deny that any
statement had been made on behalf o1
the bank, that the miners could have
S5,o0O,00O or as much as they needed or
the same terms. This latter statemen,
was made by Harry B. Rosen, director
of the bank.
"That Is absurd on the face of it,
was Mr.. Harriman's comment; "the law
limits the amount which we are permit
ted to lend, and no bank with small
capitalization such as ours is could pos
sibly advance any such sum to any bor-
rover"
Mr. Hartman said that the matter
of the loan was one whichs he could
not discuss because it was the banks
private business and matter be-
tween the bank and one of it's GUS
toners.
"The Hartman National Bank is a
public institution and does business
with corporations, individuals and all
organizations, railroads and coal cor
porations,' Mr.. Hartman said, "also
with Indians, Chinese, japanese, Fill
ipinos, and some Americans, red, yell
low, brown, and white; in other words,
without regard to race, creed or color.
"The United Mine Workers of
America do banking business here and
have done SO for some time. Their
business with US has always been con
Quoted along business lines. The ma
ture of their transactions | am at no
more liberty to discuss publicly than
the business Of others who do business
here.
They have conducted their business
with us in accordance with business
principles. 1t is their business and
to discuss their affairs.
eve are financial doctors and doc
tors do not discuss the private affairs
of their patients.
The efforts of the Hartman National
Bank have always been directed toward
securing settlement of the coal strike
and the railroad strike" Mr. Hartman
said in an interview yesterday. "We
are anxious to see these strikes settled
just as all banks are anxious to see
industrial disputes settled and indus
trial effort turned into productive
channels. Anything that we have had
to do with the coal strike has always
been aimed in the direction of settle
ment"
William Green, the secretary treas.
urer of the United Mine Workers, who
made the original disclosure regard
ing the loan, said in an interview al
the Continental Hotel before he left fo,
Atlantic City that the loan had been
floated on the personal notes of John
E. Lewis, the president nf the organi-
zation; P. H. Murray, the vice. -presi-
dent, and himself. He added that Mr.
Harriman's service to the miners hao
been much greater than that involved
in the loan.
"Mr. Hartman was an important
figure in the events leading up to the
termination of the strike" Green said
at was he who brought us in touch
with Secretary Hoover and arranged
some of the most important confer.
ences. He was ready at all times with
advice and ready to arrange any
meetings which might help toward a
settlement"