During the discussion on whether to initiate Action Y, someone suggested turning the originally peaceful protest into a violent conflict, or even directly arming the workers.
As mentioned before, many factories in Pignes Castle were previously military factories. Although the weaponry produced are decades-old relics, it doesn't mean these old relics can't kill.
Even though the Workers' Federation currently doesn't possess any weapons, they can access old-style Flintlock Guns stored in the factory warehouses whenever they wish.
They could even assemble enough Flintlock Guns to arm a group within a month if they wished.
As for the reason to escalate from a previously agreed peaceful protest to an armed struggle, mainly because some members of the Workers' Federation felt that the factory obtaining the marching meal box orders could ease the current situation in Pignes Castle, suppress the growing unemployment rate, thus affecting the expansion of the Workers' Federation.
