The commemorative booklet said that Owen blew the whistle to end the stoppage. His own letter said he refused. Both were displayed in the union hall until a volunteer noticed the contradiction while replacing the labels.
The whistle's cord had a knot no longer visible in the booklet photograph. On the back of that photograph, another worker had written a name and the words borrowed from Owen. The volunteer found her daughter, who remembered hearing that her mother made the final signal because Owen had lost his voice.
His refusal concerned the wording of the agreement, not the physical act of blowing the whistle. The booklet had turned possession of an object into proof of an action, while his letter had left the action unstated. Neither account was enough by itself.
The volunteer rewrote the label with both names and both uncertainties. At the reopening, older members argued about the settlement exactly as before. This time, however, the woman who had stood in the rain with the whistle appeared in the conversation. Her daughter stayed until closing to hear her name spoken aloud.